A New Species Of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) From The Cajas Massif, Southern Ecuador

Keywords

Andes; Glandular frog; Paramo; Pristimantis erythros sp. n.; Taxonomy; Terrarana

Abstract

A new species of Pristimantis is described from the highland paramos on the eastern slopes of the Cajas Massif, southern Andes of Ecuador, at 3400 m. This new species is characterized by having a distinctive reddish color, cutaneous macroglands in suprascapular region and surfaces of arm and legs, and by lacking dentigerous processes of vomers. The cutaneous macroglands are similar to those exhibited by several species of the Pristimantis orcesi group, and may suggest a close phylogenetic relationship. The new species could be a latitudinal substitution of Pristimantis orcesi in the southern Andes of Ecuador.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

ZooKeys

Volume

2018

Issue

751

Number of Pages

113-128

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20541

Socpus ID

85045895018 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85045895018

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