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Species of frog

Pristimantis medemi
Conservation status

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

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

Etymology

The specific name, medemi, is in honor of Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist of Baltic German descent.

Distribution and habitat

The natural habitats of P. medemi are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

Conservation status

P. medemi is threatened by habitat loss.


References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Pristimantis medemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T56750A3048815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T56750A3048815.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. 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).
  4. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Pristimantis medemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T56750A3048815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T56750A3048815.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pristimantis medemi
Eleutherodactylus medemi


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