Pristimantis medemi
Pristimantis medemi is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. medemi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994) | |
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Habitat
The natural habitats of P. medemi are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
Conservation status
P. medemi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, medemi, is in honor of Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist, of Baltic German descent.[2]
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References
- Ramírez Pinilla MP, Osorno-Muñoz M, Rueda JV, Amézquita A, Ardila-Robayo MC (2004). Eleutherodactylus medemi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena medemi, p. 174).
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