''Pristimantis celator'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family Strabomantidae. It is found on the Pacific versant of the western

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

in southern Colombia ( Nariño Department) and northern Ecuador. It is a

nocturnal Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...

frog that occurs in terrestrial

bromeliad The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...

s found on the sides of roads and in herbaceous vegetation in leafy

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

s. It tolerates some habitat change as long as bromeliads are present, but is threatened by deforestation.

References

celator ''The Celator'' was a monthly magazine covering ancient coins and the ancient coin market. It was founded in 1987 by coin dealer Wayne Sayles in a newsprint format. ''The Celator'' was then edited and published by Kerry Wetterstrom in magazine forma ...

Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Colombia Amphibians of Ecuador Amphibians described in 1976 Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Strabomantidae-stub