''Pristimantis medemi'' is a
species of
frog in the
family Strabomantidae. The species is
endemic to Colombia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''medemi'', is in honor of
Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist of
Baltic German descent.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphisbaena medemi'', p. 174).]
Distribution and habitat
The natural
habitats of ''P. medemi'' are tropical moist lowland
forests, moist
montane forests,
rivers,
plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.
Conservation status
''P. medemi'' is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
medemi
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Amphibians described in 1994
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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