# Lynchius parkeri

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{{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](/source/John_Douglas_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](/source/frog) in the family [Strabomantidae](/source/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](/source/Department_of_Piura)) and southern Ecuador ([Yacurí National Park](/source/Yacur%C3%AD_National_Park), [Loja Province](/source/Loja_Province)).<ref name=Frost/><ref name=AWE/> The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) ''parkeri'' honors [Hampton Wildman Parker](/source/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](/source/snout%E2%80%93vent_length). The head is as long as it is wide or slightly longer; the snout is rounded. The [tympanum](/source/Tympanum_(anatomy)) is indistinct. The fingers and toes have narrowly rounded tips; no webbing is present. The [dorsum](/source/Dorsum_(anatomy)) 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 forest](/source/montane_forest)s and [páramo](/source/p%C3%A1ramo)<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=AWE/> at elevations of {{convert|2700|–|3397|m|abbr=on}} [above sea level](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pontificia_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_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

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