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A new giant Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the paramos of the Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador
- Source :
- ZooKeys, Vol 852, Iss, Pp 137-156 (2019), ZooKeys, ZooKeys 852: 137-156
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Zenodo, 2019.
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Abstract
- A new species of frog of the genus Pristimantis is described from the paramos of the Nudo de Cajanuma, Podocarpus National Park, on the border between the provinces of Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. The new species is readily distinguished from all other species of Pristimantis by its large body size (snout-vent length: 50.0–50.5 mm in adult females, 34.7–42.5 mm in adult males), thick glandular skin, large warts on flanks, prominent glandular patches on head and legs, and dark brown dorsum. This new species is among the largest and stoutest Pristimantis frogs of the high Andes. It is only known from its type locality, where it occurs in paramo bambusoid meadows at elevations between 3300 and 3400 m. It is morphologically similar to Pristimantiserythros, P.farisorum, P.obmutescens, P.orcesi, P.racemus, P.simoterus, P.simoteriscus, and P.thymelensis. Notorious morphological characters present in this new species are thick glandular patches covering dorsum and limbs and porous skin texture, which are shared with P.erythros.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Dorsum
Podocarpus
Pristimantis
páramo
010607 zoology
Zoology
Andes
paramo
Body size
Craugastoridae
nueva especie
taxonomía
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Aerugoamnis
Amphibia
Cajanuma
taxonomy
Gnathostomata
Strabomantidae
Loja
Zamora-Chinchipe
lcsh:Zoology
Animalia
Branchiostoma capense
lcsh:QL1-991
Chordata
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Vertebrata
Lissamphibia
new species
Craniata
biology
National park
Ymeria
Cephalornis
biology.organism_classification
Skin texture
Animal Science and Zoology
Type locality
Ecuador
Anura
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys, Vol 852, Iss, Pp 137-156 (2019), ZooKeys, ZooKeys 852: 137-156
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ddfe8a43a881aa25a60715a9e5fd7a9