Milpe Rain Frog Emerges as Its Own Species After Decades Of Taxonomic Mix-Ups
A re-examination of a 1902 frog holotype revealed that populations once labeled Pristimantis subsigillatus are actually a distinct species, Pristimantis milpe (Milpe Rain Frog), widely distributed in Ecuador and southern Colombia, highlighting a decades-long taxonomic mix-up and prompting calls to audit similar classifications.