{{short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=''Lynchius parkeri'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T57221A89212150 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57221A89212150.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Lynchius parkeri | authority = (Lynch, 1975) | synonyms = ''Phrynopus parkeri'' <small>Lynch, 1975</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Lynchius parkeri''''', also known as '''Parker's Andes frog''', is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Motta et al. 2016"/> It is found in northern Peru (Cordillera de Huancabamba, Department of Piura) and southern Ecuador (Yacurí National Park, Loja Province).<ref name=Frost/><ref name=AWE/> The specific name ''parkeri'' honors Hampton Wildman Parker, English zoologist and herpetologist.<ref name=AWE/><ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/>
==Description== Adult males measure {{convert|21|-|28|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|25|-|35|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The head is as long as it is wide or slightly longer; the snout is rounded. The tympanum is indistinct. The fingers and toes have narrowly rounded tips; no webbing is present. The dorsum is gray, reddish, or grayish brown, or dark brown. The flanks are dark brown with metallic green mottling. The venter is dark gray to black with large yellow blotches on the belly in males, but yellow with brown reticulations on the belly in females.<ref name="Motta et al. 2016"/><ref name=AWE/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Lynchius parkeri'' occurs in humid montane forests and páramo<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=AWE/> at elevations of {{convert|2700|–|3397|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=AWE/> Individuals have been found hiding under rocks and in bunchgrass or low vegetation. Development is direct<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=AWE/> (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage<ref>{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=166}}</ref>).
''Lynchius parkeri'' is an uncommon species. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by expanding agricultural activities.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /> The Ecuadorian record is from a protected area (Yacurí National Park).<ref name=AWE/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=AWE>{{cite web |url=https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/FichaEspecie/Lynchius%20parkeri |title=''Lynchius parkeri'' |author=Navarrete, M. J. |year=2020 |editor1=Ron, S. R. |editor2=Merino-Viteri, A. |editor3=Ortiz, D. A. |name-list-style=amp |work=Anfibios del Ecuador. Version 2019.0 |publisher=Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ) |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA152 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |pages=162–163}}</ref>
<ref name=Frost>{{cite journal |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Lynchius/Lynchius-parkeri |title=''Lynchius parkeri'' (Lynch, 1975) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |journal=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=15 October 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref name="Motta et al. 2016">{{cite journal |last1=Motta |first1=Ana P. |last2=Chaparro |first2=Juan C. |last3=Pombal, Jr. |first3=José P. |last4=Guayasamin |first4=Juan M. |last5=De la Riva |first5=Ignacio |last6=Padial |first6=José M. |name-list-style=amp|title=Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Andean genus ''Lynchius'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 (Anura: Craugastoridae) |journal=Herpetological Monographs |date=2016 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=119–142 |doi=10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00002|hdl=20.500.12390/980 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> }}
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parkeri Category:Amphibians of the Andes Category:Amphibians of Ecuador Category:Frogs of Peru Category:Páramo fauna Category:Amphibians described in 1975 Category:Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot