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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=2019 |title=''Pristimantis repens'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T56905A3052643 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56905A3052643.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Pristimantis repens
| parent = Pristimantis (Pristimantis)
| synonyms = * ''Eleutherodactylus repens'' <small>Lynch, 1984</small><ref name="Lynch 1984"/>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
}}

'''''Pristimantis repens''''', known commonly as the '''Galeras robber frog''', is a species of [[Biology:Frog|frog]] in the family [[Biology:Strabomantidae|Strabomantidae]]. It is endemic to the Colombian Massif in the Nariño Department, Colombia.<ref name=Frost/><ref name=LAC/><ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /> The [[Biology:Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''repens'' is Latin for creeping or crawling, inferred to be its mode of locomotion based on its short limbs.<ref name="Lynch 1984"/>

==Description==
Adult males measure {{convert|13|-|17|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|18|-|24|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[Snout–vent length|snout–vent length]]. The snout is rounded. The [[Biology:Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is visible with a distinct annulus. All toes and all but the innermost finger bear small discs; no lateral keels nor webbing are present. The dorsal skin is shagreened anteriorly, turning tuberculate posteriorly and granular laterally. The dorsum is brown or olive with dark brown marking. The lower surfaces are olive-brown. The groin and other concealed surfaces of the limbs are pale red. The lips have white lines.<ref name="Lynch 1984"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Pristimantis repens'' occurs in sub-páramo and páramo as well as high-Andean forest habitats at elevations of {{convert|3150|–|3720|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name="Rojas-Rivera and Gutiérrez-Cárdenas 2008"/> Specimens have been found under rocks or inside the sparse páramo vegetation. Breeding is by direct development (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage).<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />

''Pristimantis repens'' was common at its type locality, the [[Earth:Galeras|Galeras]] volcano. The area has little human activity, but the population could be threatened by the eruption of this active volcano. Galeras is designated as a Fauna and Flora Sanctuary.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />

==References==
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-repens |title=''Pristimantis repens'' (Lynch, 1984) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref>

<ref name=LAC>{{cite web |url=https://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/craugastoridae-252-spp/pristimantis-repens/ |title=''Pristimantis repens'' (Lynch, 1984) |author1=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |year=2014 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia: Referencia en linea V.09.2019 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="Lynch 1984">{{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=J. D. |year=1984 |title=A new species of ''Eleutherodactylus'' (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from southern Andean Colombia |journal=Herpetologica |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=234–237 |jstor=3892289}}</ref>

<ref name="Rojas-Rivera and Gutiérrez-Cárdenas 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Rojas-Rivera |first1=M. A. |last2=Gutiérrez-Cárdenas |first2=P. D. A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title=Pristimantis repens (Lynch, 1984), a frog not restricted to the Páramo |journal=Herpetozoa |volume=21 |issue=1/2 |pages=85–86 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/HER_21_1_2_0085-0086.pdf }}</ref>
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[[Category:Pristimantis|repens]]

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