Pristimantis ockendeni is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.[2] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. ockendeni
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| Pristimantis ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912)
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Research published in early 2008 suggested that in Ecuador the species is actually at least three different cryptic species that diverged at least 5 million years ago.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Lily Rodríguez, Jorge Luis Martinez, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Fernando Castro, Jose Vicente Rueda, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Marinus Hoogmoed, Claude Gascon (2004). "Pristimantis ockendeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56803A11534464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56803A11534464.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pristimantis ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Giraffes And Frogs Provide More Evidence Of New Species Hidden In Plain Sight. Science Daily. January 2008 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071221094911.htm
- ^ Elmer, K.R., J.A. Dávila, and S.C. Lougheed. 2007. Cryptic diversity and deep divergence in an upper Amazonian frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. BMC Evol. Biol. 7: 247.http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/247
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