Pristimantis gaigei

Pristimantis gaigei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species:
P. gaigei
Binomial name
Pristimantis gaigei
(Dunn, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Lithodytes gaigei Dunn, 1931
  • Eleutherodactylus gaigei (Dunn, 1931)
  • Eleutherodactylus gaigeae (Dunn, 1931) [lapsus]
  • Pristimantis gaigeae (Dunn, 1931) [lapsus]

Pristimantis gaigei, also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Atlantic drainage lowlands from extreme south-eastern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and to central Colombia; it is widely distributed in Colombia west of the Cordillera Oriental. Its natural habitat is primary humid lowland forest, but it also occurs in secondary forest. It is a nocturnal species found under surface debris and in leaf-litter.

Pristimantis gaigei is named after Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige, an American herpetologist.