Pristimantis medemi

Pristimantis medemi is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Pristimantis medemi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. medemi
Binomial name
Pristimantis medemi
(Lynch, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Eleutherodactylus medemi Lynch, 1994

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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