Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador
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Camper, Jeffrey D.
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Torres-Carvajal, Omar
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Ron, Santiago R.
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Nilsson, Jonas
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Arteaga, Alejandro
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Knowles, Travis W.
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Arbogast, Brian S.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.729
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10.15560/17.3.729
1809-127X
Dendropsophus minutus
(Peters, 1872)
Material examined.
ECUADOR
•
4 adults
;
Napo Province
,
WWS
, shallow pond in pasture;
00.6801°S
,
077.6071°W
;
1406 m
a.s.l.
;
28 July 2012
;
QCAZ 53977
to
53980
•
1 juvenile
;
Napo Province
,
WWS
,
F.A.C.E. Trail
;
7 Aug. 2019
;
QCAZ 76419
•
1 adult
;
Napo
Prov- ince,
WWS
, along road approximately
100 m
down slope from WBS;
14 Aug. 2019
;
QCAZ 76422
.
Identification.
These tiny treefrogs range in dorsal coloration from cream to greenish to maroon with tiny black flecks. They usually have a darker triangular marking be- tween the eyes with the apex pointing posteriorly. There
is a pale stripe running from the cloaca to the heel.
Habitat.
Large choruses of this species inhabit a pond in a pasture near secondary forest. Specimens have also been found in primary forest and along the edge of secondary forest.
Taxonomic notes.
A molecular phylogeny by
Gehara et al. (2014)
indicates that Ecuadorian populations of
D. minutus
may represent an undescribed species.