Pristimantis medemi is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.[2] The species is endemic to Colombia.
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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. medemi
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| Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, medemi, is in honor of Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist of Baltic German descent.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editThe natural habitats of P. medemi are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.[4]
Conservation status
editP. medemi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
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