[ Common name crest robber frog has been coined for it.[3]]Description
Adult males measure {{convert|21.8|-|22.2|mm|abbr=on}} (based on two males only) and females {{convert|27.1|-|29.1|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is subacuminate in dorsal and rounded in lateral profile. The tympanum is visible. The fingers and toes bear discs and lateral fringes but no webbing. Skin is dorsally tuberculate and ventrally areolate. The dorsum is dark brown with some flecks. The ventrum is dirty white and may have black flecks.[2]
Pristimantis balionotus is similar to Pristimantis riveti and might be its geographic variant.[2]Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitat is sub-páramo bushland at {{convert|2800|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Specimens have been found from terrestrial bromeliads during the daytime. It is moderately common but threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by agricultural activities and pine plantations. It occurs in the Podocarpus National Park.[1]
References
1. ^1 {{cite journal | author = Lynch, J. | author2 = Coloma, L.A. | author3 = Ron, S. | title = Pristimantis balionotus | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2004 | page = e.T56450A11480043 | year = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56450A11480043.en }}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Craugastoridae/Ceuthomantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-balionotus |title=Pristimantis balionotus (Lynch, 1979) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2017 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=6 June 2017}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=John D. |title=Leptodactylid frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus from the Andes of southern Ecuador |journal=Miscellaneous Publication, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas |date=1979 |volume=66 |pages=1–62 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16268 }}