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 bellae Reyes-Puig &
Yanez-Munoz
, 2012
Figure 16
Remarks.
We collected two female specimens (DHMECN 14423-14424) with body sizes of 21.33 mm up to 22.40 mm and two male specimens (DHMECN 14421-14422) with body sizes of 15.58 mm up to 16.73 mm; the specimens were found on bush, palm and cyclanth leaves between 20 cm and 50 cm from the ground in montane Machay Reserve forests at 2290 m elevation. This species is characterised by having a distinctive pattern of irregular white marks on the black venter, conical tubercles on the upper eyelid, one interorbital tubercle and a row of ulnar and tarsal tubercles.
Figure 16.
Pristimantis bellae
,variation in females
A
frontal view
B
lateral view (DHMECN 14430)
C
lateral view and
D
dorsal view (DHMECN 14424). Photographs by Mario H.
Yanez-Munoz
.