Global InformationPristimantis veletis information
| Pristimantis veletis | |
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Conservation status
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 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. veletis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pristimantis veletis (Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid, 1997)
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| Pristimantis veletis is only known from Samaná and Pensilvania municipalities in the Cordillera Central of Colombia. | |
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Pristimantis veletis is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Colombia and is only known from the vicinity of its type locality in Samaná and Pensilvania municipalities in the Caldas Department, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central (Colombian Andes).[1][3][4] The specific name veletis is Latin from "skirmisher". It alludes to the resemblance of the color pattern of this frog to the camouflage clothing of the guerillas that were present in the area of the type locality, as well as to the chin pattern that loosely resembles the chevrons in some military uniforms.[2]
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Pristimantis veletis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T57032A85881885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T57032A85881885.en. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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