Amphibians from Serrania de Las Quinchas, in the mid-Magdalena river valley, Colombia
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Ovalle-Pacheco, Andrés
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Camacho-Rozo, Claudia
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Arroyo, Sandy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.3.387
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Leptodactylus colombiensis
Heyer, 1994
Leptodactylus colombiensis
Heyer 1994: 82
.
Only 1 individual with an SVL =
80 mm
was reported. It was a medium sized male; lacked chest spines. This spe- cies is characterized by the presence of indistinct, short, or moderate-length dorsolateral folds; tympanum large. Sides of fingers weakly ridged, each thumb with 2 medial black spines, distal spine broad, moderately large, proxi- mal spine smaller, medium sized (Heyer 1994). Dorsum olive green, with small to medium black spots and foot cream colored; venter cream with tan dots or reticula- tions. Iris golden with dense brown dots. The species is found in the inter Andean valleys, but not in the
Cauca
river valley, and in the piedmont of the eastern savannas (
Angarita-Sierra 2014
,
Suárez and Alzate-Basto 2014
,
Restrepo et al. 2017
.