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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946C503F4DFD293C2F" bold="true" box="[332,664,864,890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Psychrophrynella bagrecito</emphasis>
(Lynch)
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described the small species
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946FAC3F9CFC443C9F" box="[688,1013,945,970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Psychrophrynella bagrecito</emphasis>
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(as
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from the Marcapata Valley,
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, Departamento Cusco,
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, and he stressed that the skulls of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF9469023FF4FB1B3CA7" box="[1054,1194,985,1010]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF9469FF3FF4FAC23CA7" box="[1251,1395,985,1010]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. usurpator</emphasis>
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(as
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) were almost identical. Also, he observed that both species share a tarsal tubercle, which he described as sickle-shaped in
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and prominent, elongate, sigmoid-shaped, not continuous with inner metatarsal tubercle in
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.
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For these reasons, he considered
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946EEA387CFB303B3F" box="[1014,1153,1105,1130]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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as the second species in his
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group. Furthermore, the morphology of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946EB53854FB873BC7" box="[937,1078,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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led
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to comment on the overall similarity and possible close relationships of the
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E91388CFB263BEF" box="[909,1175,1185,1210]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Phrynopus peruvianus</emphasis>
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group with the genus
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(as
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). Recently,
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Lehr
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(2004)
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described
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946EB938E4FB363BB7" box="[933,1159,1225,1250]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella duellmani</emphasis>
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(as
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and considered it as the species of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946F8038DCFCB03A5F" box="[668,769,1265,1290]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella</emphasis>
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morphologically closest to
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, because of the absence of several characters previously considered diagnostic of
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, including circumferential grooves; the only diagnostic feature of
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remaining in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E94396CFB923A0F" box="[904,1059,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">N. duellmani</emphasis>
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is the presence of tips slightly acuminate in Toes IIIV. More recently,
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noted that
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E913944FBAB3AD7" box="[909,1050,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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shares some morphological features with
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946C0B39BCFECD3AFF" box="[279,380,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella</emphasis>
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. Our examination of the holotye (KU 196512) and some
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of
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(KU 19651318, 19652021, 19652325;
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) from the
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locality and other recent specimens collected nearby (Quebrada de Iskaybamba, Marcapata, Cusco,
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,
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; MHNC 5255 56) confirms Lehrs (2006) impression. These specimens have weakly pointed tips of the digits and even possess rudiments of circumferential grooves. We think that if
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E6F3A1CFBE8391F" box="[883,1113,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella duellmani</emphasis>
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is correctly placed in this genus,
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might make a stronger case to be included in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E863A74FC4F3927" box="[922,1022,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella</emphasis>
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as well. However, we refrain from formally transfer
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946C733AACFDB039CF" box="[367,513,1665,1690]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946F2E3AACFD2739CF" box="[562,662,1665,1690]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella</emphasis>
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because characters such as circumferential grooves have high intrageneric variation in
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. On the other hand, specimens of what seem to be undescribed species of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946DF73AFCFEE139BF" box="[235,336,1745,1770]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella</emphasis>
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from
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show all the typical characters of the genus plus a prominent tarsal tubercle, like the one in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946C003AD4FE1A3847" box="[284,427,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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or even
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946F073AD4FD1F3847" box="[539,686,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. usurpator</emphasis>
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(I.
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la Riva, unpublished.) Phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequences by
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Hedges
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(2008)
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placed
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946FD23B0CFC27386F" box="[718,918,1825,1850]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">Noblella lochites</emphasis>
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in a different clade than
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.
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Thus, it seems that the character of a prominent tarsal tubercle might have evolved more than once in
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. For the moment, the phylogenetic relationships between Lynch's putative
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&quot;
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&quot;
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group and
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are still obscure, and the osteological peculiarities of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E579FF946E083BB4FC1738E7" box="[788,934,1945,1970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="48">P. usurpator</emphasis>
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commented by
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suggest that all these species need a more detailed study.
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Four specimens in the
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series of
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<emphasis id="B968EAD8E578FF956F623CB5FCBA3FE4" box="[638,779,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="49">P. bagrecito</emphasis>
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are from Hacienda Huyro, a locality at an elevation of
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between Huayopata and Quillabamba (Departamento Cusco), almost
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(airline) NW from the
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locality. We examined two of these specimens (KU 19652728) and observed some differences in relation to those from the
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locality, being the most remarkable a much weaker tarsal tubercle. The taxonomic status of this population deserves further research.
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