AMPHIBIANS
AMPHIBIANS
The reserve is also home to numerous species of amphibians which are often seen but usually move quickly away. Many of these species are rare and endangered. For example, the reserve has a rainfrog that is only known from Los Cedros, Pristimantis cedros and another that is only known from Los Cedros and one other locality, Pristimantis mutabilis.
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List of Amphibian Species at Los Cedros
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URL photo record | Scientific Name | Common-English | Common-Spanish | Ecuador Red list | IUCN Status | Endemic? | Range(m) | Los Cedros Record | Last IUCN assessment | KBA trigger? | Updated 31MAy2021 | at Manduriacu? |
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9951763 | Boana picturata | Imbabura Tree Frog | Rana Chachi | NT | LC | no | 0 - 1400 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9951763 | 16Apr2021 | m | ||
Bolitoglossa chica (aff) | Hotel Zaracay Salamander | Salamandra chica | CR | CR | no | 250-1650 | specimen QCAZ32300 https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/14647 | 13Jan2021 | KBA trigger | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47183409 | Bolitoglossa sp. nov. CCS1, sima group | Salamandra | NE | NE | endemic | Hervas Sotomayor F. 2016. Cryptic diversity and biogeography of South American salamanders. MSc., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. | never | KBA trigger for B. sima, our new species is in that group | m | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040498 | Espadarana prosoblepon | Nicaragua Giant Glass Frog | Rana de cristal variable | LC | LC | no | 0 - 1500 | specimen: https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/60572 | 04Sept2019 | KBA trigger | m | |
Hyalinobatrachium nouns | Noun's glassfrog | Rana de Cristal de Nouns | EN (recommended) | EN (recommended) | endemic | Holotype. MZUTI 3299, | never | Type from Los Cedros | m | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040119 | Hyalinobatrachium valerioi | La Palma glass frog | Rana de cristal reticulata | EN | LC | endemic | 1229-1420 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040119 | 04Sept2019 | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040165 | Hyloscirtus alytolylax | Tandapi treefrog | Rana de torrente de Tandapi | NT | LC | no | 400 - 2000 | Guayasamin JM, Krynak T, Krynak K, Culebras J, Hutter CR. 2015. Phenotypic plasticity raises questions for taxonomically important traits: a remarkable new Andean rainfrog (Pristimantis) with the ability to change skin texture. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(4): 913-928. | 16Dec2020 | m | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67069575 | Noblella worleyae | Worley's leaf frog | DD | NE | Specimen https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/13522 | never | m | |||||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55560213 | Osornophryne occidentalis | Western Andean Plump Toad | Osornosapo | EN | EN | endemic? | 2500-2750 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55560213 | 17Mar2021 | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9952427 | Pristimantis achatinus | Cachabi Robber Frog | Cutín común de occidente | LC | LC | no | 0 - 2330 | specimen: https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/794617 | 13Sept2017 | m | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38102000 | Pristimantis appendiculatus | Pinocchio Rainfrog | Cutín Pinocho | NT | VU | no | 1460 - 2800 | specimen https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/52951 | 6Apr2021 | KBA trigger | m | |
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38101987 | Pristimantis cedros | Los Cedros Rainfrog | Cutín de Los Cedros | EN | EN | endemic | 1583 - 1880 | Hutter CR, Guayasamin JM. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 36-59. | 18July2016 | Type from Los Cedros; IUCN status to be updated to EN in Dec 2020 | m | |
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9734618 | Pristimantis crenunguis | Spring rainfrog | Cutín gigante | EN | VU | endemic | 600 - 2000 | Hutter CR, Guayasamin JM. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 36-59. | 16Jun2021 | KBA trigger | m | |
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040361 | Pristimantis crucifer | Blue-thighed rainfrog | Cutín del Porvenir | VU | NT | endemic | 1200 - 1800 | Specimen: https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/53508 | 5May2021 | KBA trigger | m | |
Pristimantis eugeniae | Eugenia's rainfrog | Cutín de Eugenia | EN | EN | endemic | 1700 - 2010 | https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/FichaEspecie/Pristimantis%20eugeniae | 5Oct2020 | KBA trigger | m | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47558105 | Pristimantis hectus | Dwarf Robber Frog | Cutín pequeño de Nariño | EN | VU | no | 1200-1780 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47558105 | 4Oct2018 | KBA trigger | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040325 | Pristimantis labiosus | Labiated Rainfrog | Cutín trompudo | NT | LC | no | 150 - 1500 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040325 | 7Apr2021 | KBA trigger | m | |
Pristimantis laticlavius | Bacon rainfrog | Cutín de franjas amarillas | VU | VU | no | 1200–2565 | Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Penafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yanez-Munoz MH, Guayasamin JM. 2016. Comparative phylogeography reveals cryptic diversity and repeated patterns of cladogenesis for amphibians and reptiles in northwestern Ecuador. Plos One 11(4). and specimen: https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/QCAZ/Especimen/20841 | 4Oct2018 | KBA trigger | m | ||
Pristimantis latidiscus | Cutín del Chocó | LC | LC | no | 0 - 1230 | Specimen: https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/20843 | 14Apr2021 | KBA trigger | m | |||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10037982 | Pristimantis luteolateralis | Yellow-groined rainfrog | Cutín de Tandapi | NT | NT | endemic | 1140 - 1960 | Hutter CR, Guayasamin JM. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 36-59. | 13Jan2021 | KBA trigger | m | |
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47914754 | Pristimantis mindo | Cutín de Mindo | EN | EN | endemic | 1243 - 1790 | Arteaga A, Yánez-Muñoz M, Guayasamin JM 2013. A new frog of the Pristimantis lacrimosus group (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the montane forests of northwestern Ecuador. In: Arteaga A, Yánez-Muñoz M, Guayasamin JM eds. The amphibians and reptiles of Mindo life in the cloudforest. Quito: Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, 198-210. ; Hutter CR, Guayasamin JM. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 36-59. | 14Apr2021 | m | |||
Pristimantis muricatus | Cutín del río Faisanes | Rio Faisanes Robber Frog | VU | VU | endemic | 220 -1380 | specimen https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/53496 | 12May2021 | KBA trigger | m | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040393 | Pristimantis mutabilis | Mutable Rainfrog | Cutín Mutable | EN | EN | endemic | 1850 -2063 | Guayasamin JM, Rivera-Correa M, Arteaga A, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Morochz C, Hutter CR. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of stream treefrogs (Hylidae: Hyloscirtus bogotensis Group), with a new species from the Andes of Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 2-21. | 20Aug2015 | Type from Los Cedros | m | |
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38102026 | Pristimantis parvillus | Minute Rainfrog | Cutín de Pichincha | EN | EN | no | 20 - 2000 | Hutter CR, Guayasamin JM. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 36-59. | 14Apr2021 | m | ||
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040434 | Pristimantis pteridophilus | Fern-loving rainfrog | Cutín amahelechos | EN | EN | endemic | 1500-2710 | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10040434 | 30Apr2004 | KBA trigger | m | |
Pristimantis sp. nov. | NE | NE | Specimen: https://bioweb.bio/portal/QCAZ/Especimen/794621 | never | ||||||||
Pristimantis verecundus | Zacualtipan Robber Frog | Cutín de Zacualtipan | VU | NT | no | 900 - 2020 | Specimen QCAZA31245, https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/QCAZ/Especimen/13602 | 18July2016 | KBA trigger | m | ||
Sachatamia orejuela | Rana de cristal de Orejuela | EN | LC | no | 50 - 1250 | http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=98030 | 03July2018 | KBA trigger | m |