Strong differentiation between amphibian communities on two adjacent mountains in the Upper Rio Pastaza watershed of Ecuador, with descriptions of two new species of terrestrial frogs
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Reyes-Puig 1,2, Juan Pablo
Unidad de Investigacion, Instituto Nacional de Bio-diversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
Author
Reyes-Puig 1,3,4, Carolina
Unidad de Investigacion, Instituto Nacional de Bio-diversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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Franco-Mena 5,6, Daniela
Unidad de Investigacion, Instituto Nacional de Bio-diversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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Jost 2, Lou
Unidad de Investigacion, Instituto Nacional de Bio-diversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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Yanez-Munoz 1,2, Mario H.
Unidad de Investigacion, Instituto Nacional de Bio-diversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-01-10
1081
35
87
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1081.71488
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1081.71488
1313-2970-1081-35
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EB35434016A458FC997D6E708136C163
Pristimantis tinguichaca Brito M, Ojala-Barbour, Batallas R &
Almendariz
C, 2016
Figure 18
Remarks.
We recorded a female specimen (DHMECN 14426) with body size of 28.83 mm collected on a palm leaf in the montane forests of the Machay Reserve at 2290 m elevation. This specimen corresponds to the first record of
P. tinguichaca
on the north side of the Rio Pastaza and extends its altitudinal distribution in the Province of Tungurahua from the previous record of 2470 m (
Brito et al. 2016
;
Franco-Mena et al. 2019
). This species can be distinguished by the presence of small conical tubercles on the upper eyelids and heels and by its red-coloured iris.
Figure 18.
Pristimantis tinguichaca
, Female (DHMECN 14426)
A
lateral view
B
dorsal view
C
frontal view
D
dorsal view. Photographs by Mario H.
Yanez-Munoz
.