Post by Sebbe on Sept 15, 2017 11:12:10 GMT
This species is known only from intermediate elevations of the Hoya de Jubones (Pacific drainage), southern Ecuador (Wilson and Mena 1980). It is known from only two small areas: the type locality 15 km west of Santa Isabel in Azuay Province and a recent record from Uchucay in Loja Province (J. Valencia unpubl. data). Surveys in the wider area have failed to record this species, although three recent records were taken at sites very close to the type locality (A. Arteaga unpubl. data). A number of species are genuinely endemic to this area, and so this species might be no more widespread than is currently known.
This species is generally thought to be rare, having not been found in numerous visits to the type locality over 30 years between the original description (which recorded a single specimen) and 2010. In a general herpetological survey conducted in 2010, however, three individuals were found in over eight days at the type locality (two specimens) and Uchucay (1 specimen), the latter the only record from this site (J. Valencia unpubl. data). Three further records were taken near the type locality in 2015, in Yunguilla, Santa Isabel and Poetate (A. Arteaga unpubl. data).
This species is generally thought to be rare, having not been found in numerous visits to the type locality over 30 years between the original description (which recorded a single specimen) and 2010. In a general herpetological survey conducted in 2010, however, three individuals were found in over eight days at the type locality (two specimens) and Uchucay (1 specimen), the latter the only record from this site (J. Valencia unpubl. data). Three further records were taken near the type locality in 2015, in Yunguilla, Santa Isabel and Poetate (A. Arteaga unpubl. data).
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