Pristimantis angustilineatus

Pristimantis angustilineatus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Colombia and known from the Cordillera Occidental in Chocó, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca Departments, at elevations of 1,700–2,500 m (5,600–8,200 ft) asl.[2][4] The specific name angustilineatus refers to the narrow white dorsolateral lines and comes from Latin angustus (="narrow") and lineatus (="of a line").[3]

Pristimantis angustilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. angustilineatus
Binomial name
Pristimantis angustilineatus
(Lynch, 1998)
Synonyms[1][2]

Eleutherodactylus angustilineatus Lynch, 1998[3]
Eleutherodactylus angustilineata Lynch, 1998
Pristimantis angustilineata (Lynch, 1998)

Description

Pristimantis angustilineatus are small frogs with adult males measuring 16–20 mm (0.63–0.79 in) and females 21–25 mm (0.83–0.98 in) in snout–vent length. Head is broader than body and longer than wide. Skin of dorsum is smooth, without folds; skin of venter is areolate. The body is yellow or yellowish-green above with some brown flecking dorsally (some individuals are nearly red above). Dorsolateral stripe is yellow and bordered below by brown to nearly black. Vocal sac is pale yellow. Parietal peritoneum is metallic white. Upper eyelid is pale green and iris is reddish-brown or copper with black reticulation.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Pristimantis angustilineatus lives in cloud forests,[1][4] occurring on low herbaceous vegetation or on epiphytic vegetation. It is a locally common species but threatened by habitat loss caused by expanding agricultural activities.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Pristimantis angustilineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T56420A85862629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T56420A85862629.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Pristimantis angustilineatus (Lynch, 1998)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. Lynch, J. D. (1998). "New species of Eleutherodactylus from the Cordillera Occidental of western Colombia with a synopsis of the distributions of species in western Colombia" (PDF). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 22: 117–148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R. (2019). "Pristimantis angustilineatus (Lynch, 1998)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia: Referencia en linea V.09.2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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