Lonely Rainfrog
Pristimantis eremitus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Amphibians
Pristimantis eremitus is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Cordillera Occidental in north-western Ecuador from the Cotopaxi Province northward and on western slope of the Colombian Massif in the Nariño Department, extreme south-western Colombia. The specific name eremitus is Latin for "lonely" or "solitary" and refers to this species being the only western-Andean species among its closest relatives. Common names Chiriboga robber frog and lonely rainfrog have been coined for it.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Craugastoridae
- Genus
- Pristimantis