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MORONA SANTIAGO: Quebrada del Río Napinaza,
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N of Limón, on road to Macas,
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, General Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez, (
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26558, 38113); PROVINCIA
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PASTAZA: Bobonaza, vía a Taculí, aprox.
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,
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(
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38325); Conambo, aprox.
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,
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(DHMECN 4667); Reserva de Bosque Tropical Hola Vida, camino a las cascadas,
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,
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,
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(
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36767;
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22B99FC492890FC57" bold="true" box="[199,448,941,966]" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Referred specimens:</emphasis>
(Juveniles).
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: DEPARTAMENTO
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AMAZONAS: Leticia, aprox.
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(IAvH 4524);
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: PROVINCIA
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<collectionCode id="ED1AAE5DFF93FFA2285AFC352A15FC78" box="[772,837,977,1001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">NAPO</collectionCode>
: Estrellayacu (
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44978); Napo-Galeras, Río Pusuno, aprox
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, (
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14055); Tena, junto al Río Misahuallí (
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3895); PROVINCIA
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ORELLANA: Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Universidad San Francisco de Quito,
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(DFCH-USFQ T8384); Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana (
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12); Estación Científica Yasuní, Pontificia Universidad Católica del
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,
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(
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23896, 24577); Carretera NPF a Tivacuno, aprox.
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30900); Bloque Shiripuno, SW border of the buffer zone of the Parque Nacional Yasuní, aprox.
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8973); Loreto, Ávila Viejo, aprox.
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(
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10722); PROVINCIA
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PASTAZA: Cononaco, Bataburo Lodge, al sur de la carretera desde Cononaco,
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(
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39417); Pablo López de Oglán, aprox.
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(DHMECN 3067); Río Pucayacu, finca km 6 vía San RamónEl Triunfo, Parroquia Teniente Hugo Ortiz, aprox.
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,
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(
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33237); Plataforma K 10 de la empresa de explotación Petrolera
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en el bloque 10, Cerca a 10 de Agosto,
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,
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(
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39287;
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22B97FA412813FA2F" bold="true" box="[201,323,1445,1470]" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A bufonid of genus
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22973FA412BD2FA2C" box="[557,642,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Rhaebo</emphasis>
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(diagnosed on the basis of their lack of cephalic crests (except for the low parietals crests), their yellowish-orange skin secretions, presence of an
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA228B6FA2E2D22FA70" box="[1000,1138,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">omosternum</emphasis>
and hypertrophied testes), of large-sized (SVL
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in adult female, 92.8127.0 mm in adult males) lacking a preocular ridge (
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); having the cloacal opening near the middle level of thighs (
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C), rounded to slightly oval parotoids, and dark to cream brown groin (
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22B97F9BD2B0BF9E3" bold="true" box="[201,603,1625,1650]" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Comparisons with other species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22936F9BD2A0CF9E0" box="[616,860,1625,1649]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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is phenetically similar to
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22FC8F9BE2C14F9E0" box="[1174,1348,1625,1649]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. glaberrimus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22EDAF9BE29A1F904" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. guttatus</emphasis>
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, and juveniles may be confused with
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA229C6F99A2A79F904" box="[664,809,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. blombergi</emphasis>
(Myers and Funkhouser)
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.
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22F0CF9992C68F904" box="[1106,1336,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Rhaebo glaberrimus</emphasis>
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(
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,
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) differs by having the cloacal opening situated towards the ventral level of the thighs (
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AB) [cloacal opening towards the middle level of thighs in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA229F0F9222A32F94C" box="[686,866,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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], smaller body size (
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SVL in adult males) [large body size (92.8127.0 mm in adult males) in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22818F90E2AABF890" box="[838,1019,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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], mainly smooth dorsal skin [dorsal skin warty, spiculae and coni in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22978F8EA2B8FF8B4" box="[550,735,1805,1829]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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], enlarged parotoid glands [rounded parotoid glands in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22EDAF8EA287AF8D8" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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], and pink and yellow groin (
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A) [groin without pink or yellow coloration in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22F84F8D62CDCF8D8" box="[1242,1420,1841,1865]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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].
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22BC9F8B1281FF8FC" box="[151,335,1877,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">Rhaebo guttatus</emphasis>
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(
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) differs by having a preocular ridge (
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) [absent in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22F0CF8B22C55F8FC" box="[1106,1285,1877,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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], and ventral colouration pattern with rounded light spots on a dark background (
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C) [ventral colouration without circular light spots in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22A71F87A28B2F824" box="[303,482,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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(
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)]. Juveniles of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA2285EF87A2AC1F824" box="[768,913,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. blombergi</emphasis>
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have more foot webbing that
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22FBDF87A2CC5F824" box="[1251,1429,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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, parotoids more rounded and snout truncated in lateral profile [weakly truncated to round in
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF93FFA22F8BF8262CDCF848" box="[1237,1420,1985,2009]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="24">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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].
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Further
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA32BA4FF7D28C4FF21" box="[250,404,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">R. blombergi</emphasis>
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inhabits the Pacific lowlands and western Andean foothills from central
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(departments of Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, and Nariño) to northern
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(provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura and Pichincha,
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), while
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA328C1FF052D09FF69" box="[927,1113,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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occurs on the Amazonian lowlands of
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.
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Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA32AFAF8612BD0F80A" box="[420,640,1925,1947]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA329D7F8622B8CF80A" bold="true" box="[649,732,1926,1947]" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Dorsal (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA32865F8612A05F80D" bold="true" box="[827,853,1925,1948]" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">A)</emphasis>
, ventral (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA328E3F8622A9EF80A" bold="true" box="[957,974,1926,1947]" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">B</emphasis>
) and lateral (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF92FFA32F00F8612D20F80D" bold="true" box="[1118,1136,1925,1948]" pageId="3" pageNumber="25">C</emphasis>
) views, QCAZ 32715, adult female, 156.7mm. SVL. Photos by Luis A. Coloma.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42BC9FA232843FA4C" bold="true" box="[151,275,1479,1502]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42A45FA2328A5FA4C" box="[283,501,1479,1501]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42AA2FA2C2B1DFA4C" bold="true" box="[508,589,1480,1501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in situ. (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA429F5FA232B95FA4F" bold="true" box="[683,709,1479,1502]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">A)</emphasis>
Dorsolateral view of Paratype, DHMECN 4667, adult male, 127.0mm SVL. Photo by Mauricio Ortega; (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42AABFA022B5DFA6C" bold="true" box="[501,525,1510,1533]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">B)</emphasis>
dorsolateral and (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42999FA022B89FA6C" bold="true" box="[711,729,1510,1533]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">C</emphasis>
) ventral view of QCAZ 33237 from Pucayacu, Provincia de Pastaza, Ecuador (female juvenile 68.9 mm SVL); (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42911F9E02B3AF98A" bold="true" box="[591,618,1540,1563]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">D)</emphasis>
dorsolateral and (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA4287AF9E12A65F98B" bold="true" box="[804,821,1541,1562]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">E</emphasis>
) ventral view of QCAZ 38113 from Napinaza, Provincia de Morona Santiago, Ecuador (adult male of 92.8 mm. SVL). Photos BE by Luis A. Coloma.
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42B97F984280DF9E8" bold="true" box="[201,349,1632,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">Description:</emphasis>
Based on one adult female and six adult males; large-sized toad (female =
<quantity id="4CF39B7DFF95FFA42FFEF9852C42F9E8" box="[1184,1298,1633,1657]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5669999999999997" pageId="4" pageNumber="26" unit="mm" value="156.7">156.7 mm</quantity>
SVL, males = 92.8127.0 mm,
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= 105.6 ± 14.9 SVL); head narrower than body width, slightly wider than long. Head width slightly wider than at level of tympanum (female: HW/HL = 1.18; HW/SVL = 0.38; HL/SVL = 0.32; males: HW/ HL = 1.131.17,
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42A08F9332834F963" box="[342,356,1751,1778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">x</emphasis>
= 1.15 ± 0.15; HW/SVL = 0.370.39,
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA4287AF9332A62F963" box="[804,818,1751,1778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">x</emphasis>
= 0.38 ± 0.08; HL/SVL = 0.320.34,
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= 0.33 ± 0.10). Head subacuminate in dorsal view; snout slightly rounded to truncate dorsally, weakly rounded to truncate in lateral view. Tip of snout without fleshy vertical ridge. Distance between nostril and tip of snout/distance between nostril and eye =
<quantity id="4CF39B7DFF95FFA42A3EF8DB28E0F8C6" box="[352,432,1855,1879]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.048" pageId="4" pageNumber="26" unit="in" value="0.12">0.12 in</quantity>
female, 0.210.31 (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA429C4F8A22BF8F8F0" box="[666,680,1862,1889]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">x</emphasis>
= 0.26 ± 0.38) in males. Nostrils open posterior to anterior rim of mouth, below
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42A62F88228AAF8EF" box="[316,506,1894,1918]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">canthus rostralis</emphasis>
in slightly swollen area. Nostrils oblique, oval, directed laterally. Dorsal edge of nostril rounded, ventral edge straight to concave. Distance between nostrils/distance between nostril and eye =
<quantity id="4CF39B7DFF95FFA42E35F86D29FDF857" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.794" pageId="4" pageNumber="26" unit="in" value="1.1">1.10 in</quantity>
female, 1.151.22 (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF95FFA42ACDF85128F1F841" box="[403,417,1973,2000]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="26">x</emphasis>
= 1.18 ± 0.28) in males. Internarial area flat to weakly concave. Top of head from snout to anterior corners of eyelids flat. Interorbital and occipital region flat, with some low and slender tubercles near parotoids. Upper eyelid narrower than interorbital area, with low, slender tubercles. Upper eyelid width/IOD =
<quantity id="4CF39B7DFF94FFA52E35FF7329FDFF45" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8796" pageId="5" pageNumber="27" unit="in" value="0.74">0.74 in</quantity>
female, 0.730.79 (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52AC9FF2728F5FF4F" box="[407,421,195,222]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 0.76 ± 0.24) in males. Inner and outer rim of upper eyelid not delineated by tubercles. Outer rim of upper eyelid not projecting beyond eye. Cephalic crests absent with exception of parietal crests, which are low in adult males, some pronounced in female
<typeStatus id="54B0883AFF94FFA5298AFEE32A6AFE8E" box="[724,826,263,287]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA5281DFEE32D55FE8E" box="[835,1029,263,287]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Canthus rostralis</emphasis>
straight, weakly fleshy in the males, fleshy in the
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; projecting over loreal region. Loreal region weakly concave to flat, with some small, regularly distributed spiculae and coni, extending to the post-tympanic region. Lips not flared. Eyes with horizontally oval pupil. Preorbital ridge absent. Tympanum oval, 51.3% of eye length in the female, 44.253.0% (
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= 48.3 ± 3.5) in the males; anterior 3/5 (or all) of tympanum visible. Supratympanic ridge present, fleshly. Parotoids large, distinct, rounded to slightly oval. Parotoid width 52.7% of parotoid length and 62.6% of interparotoid distance in the female, 53.161.9% (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA529FAFE0D2BE2FD95" box="[676,690,489,516]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 56.1 ± 3.1) of parotoid length and 59.269.9% (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52FA8FE0D2C54FD95" box="[1270,1284,489,516]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 63.3 ± 3.7) of inter-parotoid distance in the males. Parotoids smooth, with nearly regularly distributed pores. Outer margin of parotoids without indentations. Inter-parotoidal region without evident crests (except in
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). Skin of dorsum of body smooth, bearing some slender and low tubercles in sacral region and small rounded and prominent warts on postsacral region. Continuous lateral oblique row of round and oval, low and little evident o conspicuous warts, from parotoids to ½ of parotoid-groin distance. Ventral skin smooth, with some low tubercles mainly on throat and chest.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97FD042DDCFC1A" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
Forelimbs long, forearms somewhat robust in adult males, with warts, spiculae and coni on upper surface and flanks. Hand length 23.9% of SVL in the female, 24.829.2% (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52822FCE82ADAFCB6" box="[892,906,780,807]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 26.6 ± 1.6) in males. Fingers without webs; with fleshy and bulbous tips. Finger
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52919FCC82B02FCD5" bold="true" box="[583,594,812,836]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">I</emphasis>
longer than
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA529B4FCC82A50FCD5" bold="true" box="[746,768,812,836]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">II</emphasis>
. Super-numerary palmar tubercles few, rounded and low. Subarticular tubercles rounded and evident. Palmar tubercle large, rounded, 1.21.5 times the size of rounded thenar tubercle. Ulnar tubercles and ulnar fold absent. Metacarpal fold absent (
<figureCitation id="13302A1DFF94FFA52F59FC972D38FC1A" box="[1031,1128,883,907]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1900,1923]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,628,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,628,1879]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Hands and feet in: Rhaebo ecuadorensis (A and D), holotype, QCAZ 32715, adult female, 156.7 mm. SVL; Rhaebo guttatus (B and E), QCAZ 26414, adult female, 174.3 mm SVL. Photos by Luis Coloma; and Rhaebo glaberrimus (C and F), ICN 0 4969, adult male, 59.9 mm SVL. Photos by J. J. Mueses-Cisneros." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/214929/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Figure 9</figureCitation>
D).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97FC732DC5FB1C" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF94FFA52B97FC732851FC3E" box="[201,257,919,943]" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Hind</collectingCountry>
limbs long. Thighs somewhat robust. Upper surface with some warts, spiculae and coni extending up the thighs. Inner tarsal fold evident and fleshy, 1/2 2/3 of the tarsal length. Tubercles on outer edge of tarsus absent. Foot and tibia lengths 37.7% and 43.9% of SVL in the female, 35.941.8% (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA528ABFC032D53FB93" box="[1013,1027,999,1026]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 38.8 ± 2.4) and 36.543.4% (
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52E2CFC032CD0FB93" box="[1394,1408,999,1026]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">x</emphasis>
= 40.8 ± 2.6) of SVL in the males. Toes with fleshy, bulbous tips. Toes basally webbed. Foot-webbing formula
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52BC9FBCA29F2FBD7" bold="true" box="[151,162,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">I</emphasis>
(11.5)(1.52+)
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52A02FBCA2822FBD7" bold="true" box="[348,370,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">II</emphasis>
(11.5)(33+)
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52948FBCA2B67FBD7" bold="true" box="[534,567,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">III</emphasis>
(1.52-)(3½3½)
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA5285CFBCA2A71FBD7" bold="true" box="[770,801,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">IV</emphasis>
(3½3½)(12+)
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52882FBCA2ABDFBD7" bold="true" box="[988,1005,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">V</emphasis>
. Supernumerary plantar tubercles low, round, scarce. Metatarsal inner tubercle elongate to oval, 1.21.3 times size of oval to round outer tubercle. Metatarsal fold absent (
<figureCitation id="13302A1DFF94FFA52AC0FB912B50FB1C" box="[414,512,1141,1165]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1900,1923]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,628,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,628,1879]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Hands and feet in: Rhaebo ecuadorensis (A and D), holotype, QCAZ 32715, adult female, 156.7 mm. SVL; Rhaebo guttatus (B and E), QCAZ 26414, adult female, 174.3 mm SVL. Photos by Luis Coloma; and Rhaebo glaberrimus (C and F), ICN 0 4969, adult male, 59.9 mm SVL. Photos by J. J. Mueses-Cisneros." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/214929/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Figure 9</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA5294BFB912A6FFB1C" box="[533,831,1141,1165]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Musculus adductor longus</emphasis>
present.
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA528FAFB922D65FB1C" box="[932,1077,1142,1165]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Omosternum</emphasis>
present.
</paragraph>
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Tongue rounded, not notched posteriorly, 2/3 of its extension adherent to floor of mouth. Choanae rounded to oval, large, not concealed by palatal shelf of maxillary arch. Males with small, subgular vocal sac; vocal slits long, lateral and posterior to tongue. Nuptial pads dark brown or cream on fingers
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA528A8FB062D51FB6B" bold="true" box="[1014,1025,1250,1274]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">I</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52F66FB062D1EFB6B" bold="true" box="[1080,1102,1250,1274]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">II</emphasis>
. Cloacal opening towards the middle level of thighs (
<figureCitation id="13302A1DFF94FFA52AC4FAE128ACFA8C" box="[410,508,1285,1309]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1940,1963]" captionTargetBox="[253,1340,193,1902]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[253,1341,193,1902]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Cloacal opening: Towards the ventral level of the thighs in Rhaebo glaberrimus (A B), ICN 0 4969, adult male, 59.9 mm SVL. Photos by Jonh Jairo Mueses-Cisneros. Towards the middle level of the thighs in Rhaebo ecuadorensis (C), QCAZ 23887, adult female, 122.0 mm. SVL. Photo by Luis A. Coloma." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/214924/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Figure 4</figureCitation>
C).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97FACD2D94F9F0" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52B97FACD28E0FAD3" bold="true" box="[201,432,1321,1346]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Colouration in life.</emphasis>
(Based on DFC´s filed notes and color slides). Dorsal background colouration varying from pale to dark brown, orange-brown or olive-brown. Most specimens have low, dark brown to black warts scattered on dorsal surfaces. Parotoid glands slightly paler than dorsal colouration in most specimens. Background colouration on the sides of the head, tympanic area, arms, legs, flank, and groin dark brown to black (no flash colours in the groin) usually with pale low warts, especially on the posterior flanks and upper lip. Postrictal warts white to creamish. If legs are pale brown, they usually have dark spots sometimes forming indistinct bands. Background colour of the throat and chest varies from dark brown to black, marbled with cream or white; that on the venter varies from tan-cream to dark brown. White post-cloacal warts. Iris black with abundant bronze to golden punctuations especially concentrated around the golden circumpupillary ring (
<figureCitation id="13302A1DFF94FFA52F0AF9AD2DE6F9F0" box="[1108,1206,1609,1633]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1479,1502]" captionTargetBox="[323,1263,180,1457]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[323,1264,180,1457]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Rhaebo ecuadorensis sp. nov. in situ. (A) Dorsolateral view of Paratype, DHMECN 4667, adult male, 127.0 mm SVL. Photo by Mauricio Ortega; (B) dorsolateral and (C) ventral view of QCAZ 33237 from Pucayacu, Provincia de Pastaza, Ecuador (female juvenile 68.9 mm SVL); (D) dorsolateral and (E) ventral view of QCAZ 38113 from Napinaza, Provincia de Morona Santiago, Ecuador (adult male of 92.8 mm. SVL). Photos B E by Luis A. Coloma." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/214922/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Figure 2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97F98928EDF8A8" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52B97F9892BB9F917" bold="true" box="[201,745,1645,1670]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Colouration in preservative (70% ethanol).</emphasis>
Dorsum light to dark brown. Parotoids yellowish-brown dorsally and dark brown to black laterally in most specimens (some juveniles have the same dorsal colouration throughout). Sides of head light brown. Body flanks dark brown; dorsal and flank colour sharply-separated. Arms and legs black or dark brown with or without dark to black warts; sometimes with indistinct dark bands. Throat and chest dark brown to grey, marbled with cream. Venter cream to dark brown or dark brown with some irregular creamish stain. (
<figureCitation id="13302A1DFF94FFA52A13F8C528FCF8A8" box="[333,428,1825,1849]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1925,1948]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,337,1902]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,337,1904]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of Rhaebo ecuadorensis sp. nov. Dorsal (A), ventral (B) and lateral (C) views, QCAZ 32715, adult female, 156.7 mm. SVL. Photos by Luis A. Coloma." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/214921/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">Figure 1</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97F8A22B25F858" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52B97F8A22B8CF8CF" bold="true" box="[201,732,1861,1886]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
Measurements of female
<typeStatus id="54B0883AFF94FFA5295EF8A22B37F8CF" box="[512,615,1862,1886]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(in mm).
</emphasis>
SVL: 156.7, HL: 50.3, HW: 59.6, IOD: 19.0, Upper eyelid width: 14.0, Internarial distance: 13.0, Parotoid length: 36.8, Parotoid width: 19.4, Inter-parotoid distance: 31.0, Tympanum diameter: 7.7, Eye diameter: 15.0, Eye-nostril distance: 11.8, Nostril-snout distance: 1.4, Tibia length: 68.8, Foot length: 59.1, Hand length: 37.5.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF94FFA52B97F8322C56F87C" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2030]" box="[201,1286,2005,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF94FFA52B97F8322B1EF87F" bold="true" box="[201,590,2005,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">
Measurements of the
<typeStatus id="54B0883AFF94FFA52A94F83228ADF87F" box="[458,509,2006,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">type</typeStatus>
series.
</emphasis>
The measurements of the
<typeStatus id="54B0883AFF94FFA52828F8322AF6F87F" box="[886,934,2006,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="27">type</typeStatus>
series are presented in
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62BC9FF7C2854FF3C" bold="true" box="[151,260,152,173]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurement (in millimeters) of the type series of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62853FF7C2AB5FF3F" box="[781,997,152,174]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2BC9FF2E28D4FE5D" box="[151,388,202,460]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">SEX SVL HL HW IOD</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2AA4FF2E2B15FE5D" box="[506,581,202,460]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 32715 Female 156.7 50.3 59.6 19.0</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2924FF2E2BEFFE5D" box="[634,703,202,460]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 38325 Male 95.5 31.8 36.5 12.2</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F29A0FF2E2A13FE5D" box="[766,835,202,460]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 26558 Male 95.8 32.5 36.8 12.8</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28DFFF2E2A96FE5D" box="[897,966,202,460]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 23887 Male 122.0 38.4 45.0 14.2</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28A7FF2E2D6EFE5D" box="[1017,1086,202,460]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 38113 Male 92.8 31.0 35.7 12.1</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2F2CFF2E2DE7FE5D" box="[1138,1207,202,460]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">QCAZ 36767 Male 100.4 31.7 36.7 12.6</th>
<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2FABFF2E2C32FE5D" box="[1269,1378,202,460]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">DHMECN 4667 Male 127.0 41.8 47.3 17.8</th>
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<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2BC9FE0428D4FDE0" box="[151,388,480,625]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Upper eyelid width Eye-nostril distance Eye diameter Nostril-snout distance</th>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2AA4FE042B15FDE0" box="[506,581,480,625]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">14.0 11.8 15.0 1.4</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2924FE042BEFFDE0" box="[634,703,480,625]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">9.5 7.1 12.6 1.8</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F29A0FE042A13FDE0" box="[766,835,480,625]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">9.8 6.4 9.5 1.9</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28DFFE042A96FDE0" box="[897,966,480,625]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">10.6 9.1 11.5 2.1</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28A7FE042D6EFDE0" box="[1017,1086,480,625]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">9.6 6.6 10.0 1.4</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2F2CFE042DE7FDE0" box="[1138,1207,480,625]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">9.5 7.1 11.1 2.2</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2FABFE042C32FDE0" box="[1269,1378,480,625]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">12.9 8.8 12.4 2.2</td>
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<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2BC9FD6128D4FD55" box="[151,388,645,708]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Internarial distance Tympanum diameter</th>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2AA4FD612B15FD55" box="[506,581,645,708]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">13.0 7.7</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2924FD612BEFFD55" box="[634,703,645,708]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">8.6 5.9</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F29A0FD612A13FD55" box="[766,835,645,708]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">7.8 4.2</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28DFFD612A96FD55" box="[897,966,645,708]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">10.5 6.1</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28A7FD612D6EFD55" box="[1017,1086,645,708]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">7.8 4.5</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2F2CFD612DE7FD55" box="[1138,1207,645,708]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">8.4 5.7</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2FABFD612C32FD55" box="[1269,1378,645,708]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">10.1 6.1</td>
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<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2BC9FD3C28D4FCF8" box="[151,388,728,873]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Parotoid length Parotoid width Inter-parotoid distance Tibia length</th>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2AA4FD3C2B15FCF8" box="[506,581,728,873]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">36.8 19.4 31.0 68.8</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2924FD3C2BEFFCF8" box="[634,703,728,873]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">24.3 12.9 21.8 34.9</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F29A0FD3C2A13FCF8" box="[766,835,728,873]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">23.1 12.8 20.5 39.1</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28DFFD3C2A96FCF8" box="[897,966,728,873]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">28.3 15.3 21.9 52.9</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28A7FD3C2D6EFCF8" box="[1017,1086,728,873]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">22.8 12.6 20.3 39.1</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2F2CFD3C2DE7FCF8" box="[1138,1207,728,873]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">24.7 14.0 21.5 39.3</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2FABFD3C2C32FCF8" box="[1269,1378,728,873]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">24.4 15.1 24.6 54.3</td>
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<th id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2BC9FC9928D4FC2D" box="[151,388,893,956]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Foot length Hand length</th>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2AA4FC992B15FC2D" box="[506,581,893,956]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">59.1 37.5</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2924FC992BEFFC2D" box="[634,703,893,956]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">34.3 23.7</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F29A0FC992A13FC2D" box="[766,835,893,956]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">39.7 26.4</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28DFFC992A96FC2D" box="[897,966,893,956]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">47.0 30.6</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F28A7FC992D6EFC2D" box="[1017,1086,893,956]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">38.8 27.1</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2F2CFC992DE7FC2D" box="[1138,1207,893,956]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">36.7 26.2</td>
<td id="76EA5DA6FF97005F2FABFC992C32FC2D" box="[1269,1378,893,956]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">49.1 33.7</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF97FFA62B97FBE62BACFB60" blockId="6.[151,1436,1025,2022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62B97FBE628DCFB8B" bold="true" box="[201,396,1025,1050]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Natural history.</emphasis>
Most specimens have been found on the leaf litter, especially after heavy rains. At the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Province of Orellana,
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,
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62813FBC12D6DFBAC" box="[845,1085,1061,1085]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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was usually found in Lowland Evergreen Non-Flooded forests (= terra firme forests) amidst the leaf litter in the vicinities of small creeks during the late afternoon and early evening. QCAZ 32715 and QCAZ 23887 were collected on a paved road in an area of Terra firme forest. QCAZ 38325 was collected at the margin of a stream (about
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width). This specimen exuded a yellow excretion from the parotoid glands. QCAZ 36767 was collected on leaf litter. Other specimens have been found under trunks or among stones in the river banks.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3116513FF97FFA62B97FB192818F980" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF97FFA62B97FB1929A8FA34" blockId="6.[151,1436,1025,2022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62B97FB192800FA84" bold="true" box="[201,336,1277,1301]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name of this new species is proposed to honour the
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, as a tribute to its people and natural diversity. Despite being one of the smallest countries on the continent of South
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,
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is one of the 10 megadiverse countries of the world. The examination of Ecuadorian material allowed us to determine the existence of this undescribed species of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA6284FFA8D2A36FA10" box="[785,870,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo</emphasis>
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previously confused with
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62FC2FA8E2C17FA10" box="[1180,1351,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">R. glaberrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62EDAFA8E29A1FA34" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">R. guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF97FFA62B97FA552818F980" blockId="6.[151,1436,1025,2022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62B97FA552890FA5B" bold="true" box="[201,448,1457,1482]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Conservation status.</emphasis>
Unfortunately the information available on the current state of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62FF7FA552CCCFA58" box="[1193,1436,1457,1481]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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populations, and the current state of their habitat is limited, so we suggest categorize
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62F0CFA312C12FA7C" box="[1106,1346,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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as Data Deficient (DD).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3116513FF97FFA62B97F9F929A1F954" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF97FFA62B97F9F929A1F954" blockId="6.[151,1436,1025,2022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62B97F9F92832F9A7" bold="true" box="[201,354,1565,1590]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF97FFA62A32F9F92B37F9A4" box="[364,615,1565,1589]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadoriensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62A32F9F92B37F9A4" box="[364,615,1565,1589]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadoriensis</emphasis>
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is distributed across the Amazonian regions of southeastern
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,
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, and northern
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, at elevations between
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a.s.l. (
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). Although we do not examine directly the specimens reported by Lötters
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62926F9822BE1F9EC" box="[632,689,1637,1661]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
(2000), according to their comments and personal observations of JJM (see Remarks) we conclude that
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62961F96D2A60F930" box="[575,816,1673,1697]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
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also is distributed from Central Amazon of
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and
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3116513FF97FFA92B97F9362B3EFE8D" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="31" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB43698FF97FFA62B97F9362B60F80C" blockId="6.[151,1436,1025,2022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62B97F936286DF97B" bold="true" box="[201,317,1746,1770]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Remarks.</emphasis>
Recently we found a specimen of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA6299AF9352A4AF978" box="[708,794,1745,1769]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(QCAZ 3812), collected in Taisha, Provincia de Morona Santiago,
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, ca.
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(
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), phenetically similar to
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62F7BF9122D87F89C" box="[1061,1239,1781,1805]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The specimen is an adult female with numerous eggs and well convoluted oviducts, of 94.0 mm SVL (versus
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in the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF97FFA62A78F8DA288CF8C4" box="[294,476,1853,1877]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62A78F8DA288CF8C4" box="[294,476,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Externally we do not find marked differences other than SVL, to recognize this specimen as another different species, for this reason we refer this specimen to
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF97FFA62F09F8862C5FF8E8" box="[1111,1295,1889,1913]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62F09F8862C5FF8E8" box="[1111,1295,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, until more specimens are collected and studied.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B69FF97FFA62B97F84D28FEF850" box="[201,430,1961,1985]" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" refString="Aguilar, C., Ramirez, C., Rivera, D., Siu-Ting, K., Suarez, J. &amp; Torres, C. (2010) Anfibios andinos del Peru fuera de Areas Naturales Protegidas: amenazas y estado de conservacion. Revista Peruana de Biologia, 17 (1), 005 - 028. Almendariz, A. (1987) Contribucion al conocimento de la Herpetofauna Centroriental Ecuatoriana. Revista Politecnica, 12, 77 - 133." type="journal article">
Aguilar
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62A7BF84E280DF850" box="[293,349,1961,1985]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
(2010)
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reported &quot;
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA6297AF84D2A59F850" box="[548,777,1961,1985]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo glaberrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; from
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, between
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a.s.l.; however, although we did not examine directly specimens from Peruvian Amazon, we confirmed the report of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF97FFA62FCFF8292CD0F874" box="[1169,1408,1997,2021]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF97FFA62FCFF8292CD0F874" box="[1169,1408,1997,2021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="28">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
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from the picture provided by
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B69FF96FFA72976FF732B89FF3E" author="Schluter" box="[552,729,151,175]" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" refString="Schluter, A. (1981) Erstnachweis von Bufo glaberrimus Gunther, 1868 fur Peru (Amphibia, Salientia, Bufonidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 16, 221 - 223." type="journal article" year="1981">Schlüter (1981)</bibRefCitation>
of a specimen of Panguana (
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), a tributary of the Rio Pachitea (at
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, ca.
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a.s.l.), clearly without preocular ridge.
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B69FF96FFA72F64FF582CCCFF45" author="Rodriguez" box="[1082,1436,188,212]" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" refString="Rodriguez, L. O. &amp; Duellman, W. E. (1994) Guide to the frogs of the Iquitos region, Amazonian Peru. Asociacion de Ecologia y Conservacion, Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research and Natural History Museum. Special Publication, of The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, 22, 1 - 80, 12 plates, map." type="book chapter" year="1994">Rodriguez &amp; Duellman (1994)</bibRefCitation>
reported a photograph of &quot;
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A94FF052B25FF69" box="[458,629,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. glaberrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; of a specimen from Iquitos region, but the photo quality is not very good, and it is not possible to distinguish with certainty whether this specimen corresponds to
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72FEEFEE12C32FE8D" box="[1200,1378,260,284]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72FEEFEE12C32FE8D" box="[1200,1378,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or to a juvenile of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72A73FECC28B4FED1" box="[301,484,296,320]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guttatus">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A73FECC28B4FED1" box="[301,484,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, therefore the identity of this specimen is in doubt and must be confirmed by direct examination.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72BC9FA6B2842FA34" bold="true" box="[151,274,1423,1446]" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Geographic distribution of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72975FA742A53FA37" box="[555,771,1424,1446]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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1. Estación Biológica Tiputini; 2. Quebrada Napinaza; 3. Cuyabeno; 4. Type locality (white circle): Parque Nacional Yasuní; 5. Bobonaza; 6. Conambo; 7. El Porvenir; 8. Río Misahuallí; 9. Bloque Shiripuno; 10. Ávila Viejo; 11. Cononaco; 12. Pablo López de Oglán; 13. Río Pucayacu; 14. Diez de Agosto; 15. Leticia; 16. Pusuno; 17. Tivacuno; 18. Coca; 19. Puerto Bolivar; 20.Panguana; 21.Parque Nacional Noel Kempff; 22. Taisha. Squares represent literature records from Schlüter (1981) and Lötters
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA728F8F9EF2A8AF9B1" box="[934,986,1546,1568]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">et al.</emphasis>
(2000).
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Lötters
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A7CF9AA280DF9F4" box="[290,349,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">et al.</emphasis>
(2000) examined three specimens of
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA7284AF9A92D56F9F4" box="[788,1030,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72F64F9AA2DB5F9F4" box="[1082,1253,1613,1637]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glaberrimus">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72F64F9AA2DB5F9F4" box="[1082,1253,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. glaberrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72E67F9A92CC8F9F4" box="[1337,1432,1613,1637]" name="Ecuador" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
, adult specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72A2BF9952B7EF918" box="[373,558,1649,1673]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guttatus">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A2BF9952B7EF918" box="[373,558,1649,1673]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from French
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72993F9952A74F918" box="[717,804,1649,1673]" name="Guyana" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Guyana</collectingCountry>
and subadults from the Central Amazon of
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72E41F9952C36F918" box="[1311,1382,1649,1673]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and four specimens
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A15F9712B71F93C" box="[331,545,1685,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">
of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72A37F9712B71F93C" box="[361,545,1685,1709]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guttatus">Rhaebo guttatus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
from
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72937F9712BEFF93C" box="[617,703,1685,1709]" name="Bolivia" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
. From his observations we can distinguish that one of the specimens of the Central Amazon of
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA7295AF95D2B1BF940" box="[516,587,1721,1745]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and a specimen from
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72815F95D2AF0F940" box="[843,928,1721,1745]" name="Bolivia" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
, do not present preocular ridge and ventrally differ from the general coloration of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA7296FF93A2BFAF964" box="[561,682,1758,1781]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guttatus">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA7296FF93A2BFAF964" box="[561,682,1758,1781]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. JJM noted that the condition of the preocular ridge in
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72E4CF939299DF888" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guttatus">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72E4CF939299DF888" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, can be seen externally in juveniles from
<quantity id="4CF39B7DFF96FFA729C1F8E52A53F888" box="[671,771,1793,1817]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.55" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" unit="mm" value="25.5">25.5 mm</quantity>
SVL, so that the specimen reported by Lötters
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72E4DF8E62C1BF888" box="[1299,1355,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">et al.</emphasis>
(2000) from Brazilian Central Amazon (with
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SVL) without preocular ridge may be referred to
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72FBCF8C22CC5F8AC" box="[1250,1429,1829,1853]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72FBCF8C22CC5F8AC" box="[1250,1429,1829,1853]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Meanwhile, the exemplar of
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72A86F8AD2B7BF8F0" box="[472,555,1865,1889]" name="Bolivia" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
(CBF 3345), from Parque Nacional Noel Kempff, Provincia Velasco, Departamento Santa Cruz (
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), although it is a little smaller than the observed by JJM (20.0 mm SVL), can also be referred to
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72A4CF8752B51F838" box="[274,513,1937,1961]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72A4CF8752B51F838" box="[274,513,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, confirming the presence of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA7281FF8762AA2F838" box="[833,1010,1937,1961]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA7281FF8762AA2F838" box="[833,1010,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">R. ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72F4BF8752D09F838" box="[1045,1113,1937,1961]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Brazil</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72FD1F8752DB5F838" box="[1167,1253,1937,1961]" name="Bolivia" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
. Finally, JJM, in search of additional records of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D1BFF96FFA72AA0F8512BBFF85C" box="[510,751,1973,1997]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Rhaebo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecuadorensis">
<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF96FFA72AA0F8512BBFF85C" box="[510,751,1973,1997]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Rhaebo ecuadorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Central Amazon of
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF96FFA72F7BF8512D3DF85C" box="[1061,1133,1973,1997]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, examined photographs of two specimens deposited at Coleção de Vertebrados da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), kindly provided by Dr. Robson Avila; however, both specimens [UFMT 5485 from Aripuanã municipality (
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,
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), Northern Mato Grosso State,
<collectingCountry id="F31C7608FF98FFA92979FF3B2B3EFF66" box="[551,622,223,247]" name="Brazil" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and UFMT 5850 from Araputanga (
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), western Mato Grosso State,
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] are
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<emphasis id="B97FEA8AFF98FFA92AEEFEE02B37FE8D" box="[432,615,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Rhaebo guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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