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:58
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;
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;
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:31
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;
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:39
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, La Marca
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2005:195.
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sp.:
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:155
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by Stella de la Torre-Salvador.
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, collected by Manuel Pallares;
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298 (cleared and double stained preparation), 299, and 3154, same data as
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, obtained on
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<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FEAD027D6156B95B" box="[360,538,1085,1111]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1988-03-30">30 March 1988</date>
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4555 from Río Oyacachi, 2 Km east from Oyacachi, obtained on
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<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FCE4022560ACB973" box="[801,992,1125,1151]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1993-08-19">19 August 1993</date>
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by Elicio Tapia;
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7678 from
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E of Oyacachi,
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above sea level, obtained by Felipe Campos-Yánez, Jorge Washington Izquierdo, and Diego Almeida-Reinoso, on
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<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FDEE02F56047B9C3" box="[555,779,1205,1231]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1996-11-08">8 November 1996</date>
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;
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<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FCDE02F5603CB9C3" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[795,880,1205,1231]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">USNM</collectionCode>
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193494, 193523, 193526–31 from Oyacachi, obtained by A. Proaño (no date);
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<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FDDB029D613FB9FB" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[542,627,1245,1271]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">USNM</collectionCode>
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193521 from 2 Km E of Chalpi,
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above sea level obtained on
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by James A. Peters;
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<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FDF3034561DCB813" box="[566,656,1285,1311]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2jyg-xmd2" name="Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">MHNG</collectionCode>
|
||
2246.93–94 from
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FCBD0345608AB813" box="[888,966,1285,1311]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="km" value="11.0">11 km</quantity>
|
||
(by road) east-southeast of Papallacta (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="B7C2058AFA28FF46FF65036D63B3B84B" box="[160,255,1325,1351]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" precision="925" value="-0.05">00°03'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="B7C2058AFA28FF46FEC8036D62CDB84B" box="[269,385,1325,1351]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" precision="925" value="-78.13333">78°08' W</geoCoordinate>
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),
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FE5D036D62BEB84B" box="[408,498,1325,1351]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.66" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="2660.0">2660 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FC92036D675BB84B" box="[855,1047,1325,1351]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1985-11">November 1985</date>
|
||
by Giovanni Onore and Luis A. Coloma; KU 117874–79 from 3 Km east of Papallacta,
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FCE703156037B863" box="[802,891,1365,1391]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="2900.0">2900 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FB1103156634B863" box="[1236,1400,1365,1391]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1968-03-07">7 March 1968</date>
|
||
by John D. Lynch, KU 142950 from 7.8 Km west-north-west of Cuyuja, KU 142951–2 from 5.7 Km east of Papallacta, KU 142953–54 from Río Papallacta, 4.6 Km east of Papallacta,
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FBD603E56721B8B3" box="[1043,1133,1445,1471]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8899999999999997" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="2890.0">2890 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FF79038D62CFB8EB" box="[188,387,1485,1511]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1971-10-28">28 October 1971</date>
|
||
by William E. Duellman;
|
||
<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FD79038D605DB8EB" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[700,785,1485,1511]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
193496–502, 193506–18 from
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FB42038D6796B8EB" box="[1159,1242,1485,1511]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="km" value="0.5">0.5 km</quantity>
|
||
E of Papallacta,
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FF5203B563BCBB03" box="[151,240,1525,1551]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="3150.0">3150 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FD8C03B5619EBB03" box="[585,722,1525,1551]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1962-07-05">5 July 1962</date>
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||
by James A. Peters and P. Spoecker;
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||
<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FB4F03B56793BB03" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[1162,1247,1525,1551]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">USNM</collectionCode>
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193503, from
|
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<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FA4803B563F1BB3B" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="km" value="1.0">1 km</quantity>
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W of Papallacta,
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FE48005D62AABB3B" box="[397,486,1565,1591]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="3150.0">3150 m</quantity>
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||
above sea level, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FC85005D6085BB3B" box="[832,969,1565,1591]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1962-07-06">6 July 1962</date>
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||
by James A. Peters
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FB73005D67BDBB3A" box="[1206,1265,1565,1590]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D249634DFA28FF46FF0200056650BBA3" blockId="10.[151,1437,885,2034]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FF0200056288BB53" bold="true" box="[199,452,1605,1631]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
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||
<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FE0900056150BB53" box="[460,540,1605,1631]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/kwpg-nhbg" name="Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">QCAZ</collectionCode>
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||
3870 and 3871 from Provincia Chimborazo: Lagunas de Atillo, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FF52002D623DBB8B" box="[151,369,1645,1671]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1990-11-03">3 November 1990</date>
|
||
by Anne Claire Desfossey;
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||
<collectionCode id="B4E7FB88FA28FF46FD0F002D604DBB8B" box="[714,769,1645,1671]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y3s2-2p0h" name="Escuela Polytecnica Nacional" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">EPN</collectionCode>
|
||
3307 from Laguna Cuyug (Cantón Guamote),
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FA85002D66D0BB8B" box="[1344,1436,1645,1671]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.318" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="m" value="3318.0">3318 m</quantity>
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||
above sea level,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="B7C2058AFA28FF46FE9D00D562B8BBA3" box="[344,500,1685,1711]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" precision="15" value="-2.1783335">02° 10' 42'' S</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
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||
<geoCoordinate id="B7C2058AFA28FF46FDC500D561EABBA3" box="[512,678,1685,1711]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" precision="15" value="-78.50833">78° 30' 30'' W</geoCoordinate>
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, obtained on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA28FF46FC8700D5676ABBA3" box="[834,1062,1685,1711]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1986-09-19">19 September 1986</date>
|
||
by Ana Almendáriz.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="9AEC30C6FA28FF47FF0200FD60EDBF16" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="D249634DFA28FF47FF0200FD61D0BDD6" blockId="10.[151,1437,885,2034]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FF0200FD620BBBDB" bold="true" box="[199,327,1725,1751]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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||
(1) A moderate-sized species with mean SVL in adult males
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FBD000FD6731BBDB" box="[1045,1149,1725,1751]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8899999999999997" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="38.9">38.9 mm</quantity>
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||
(
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA28FF46FB4900FD6670BBDB" box="[1164,1340,1725,1751]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.865" metricValueMax="4.21" metricValueMin="3.52" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="38.65" valueMax="42.1" valueMin="35.2">35.2–42.1 mm</quantity>
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||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FA8200FD661ABBDA" box="[1351,1366,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">n</emphasis>
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= 16) and in adult females 46.0mm (43.3–50.2,
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FD4000A561D8BBF2" box="[645,660,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">n</emphasis>
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= 11); (2) hind limbs short, mean tibia length/SVL 0.370 (0.327– 0.420,
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FF29014D63B7BA2A" box="[236,251,1805,1830]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 26); (3) phalangeal formula of hand 2-2-3-3, basal webbing absent; (4) foot webbing formula
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FF52017763E0BA5D" bold="true" box="[151,172,1847,1873]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">I(</emphasis>
|
||
0+)—(0+–1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FEE90178620EBA5E" bold="true" box="[300,322,1848,1874]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">II</emphasis>
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||
(0+–1)—(0+–1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FE210178614ABA5E" bold="true" box="[484,518,1848,1874]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">III</emphasis>
|
||
(0+–1)—(2)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FD4D017861E4BA5E" bold="true" box="[648,680,1848,1874]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">IV</emphasis>
|
||
(2-–2)—(0+–1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA28FF46FC8301786015BA5E" bold="true" box="[838,857,1848,1874]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">V</emphasis>
|
||
; (5) snout acuminate, slightly protruding beyond lower jaw; (6) tympanic membrane, tympanic annulus and stapes absent; (7) dorsal surfaces varying from smooth to warty; (8) white spiculae (cream in preservative) on forearms, flanks, and dorsal surfaces of thighs; (9) vertebral neural processes inconspicuous; (10) dorsum with yellow orange pattern to almost entirely black, flanks white (cream to cream and black in preservative); (11) venter yellow with or without black marks, or uniform orange to reddish orange (cream to pale yellow, occasionally with black marks in preservative); (12) gular region without warts, spiculae or coni.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF0206A860EDBF16" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FF0206A862CABC0D" box="[199,390,232,257]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF0206A862CABC0D" box="[199,390,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is distinguished from all other species of
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FCB906A860AEBC0D" box="[892,994,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Atelopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(except an undescribed species from southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="AAE123DDFA29FF47FEC60750622BBC26" box="[259,359,272,298]" name="Ecuador" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
|
||
, Provincia Loja) by its white digital pads that contrast with adjacent black phalanges.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FA9107506255BC5D" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FA9107506255BC5D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FE39077860CEBC5D" box="[508,898,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FE39077861E2BC5D" box="[508,686,312,337]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">A. bomolochos</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FD7907786032BC5D" box="[700,894,312,337]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">A. pachydermus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FC7A0778676ABC5D" box="[959,1062,312,337]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FC7A0778676ABC5D" box="[959,1062,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Atelopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. (Provincia Loja) by having digital pads contrasting in color to adjacent phalanges. It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FC0207206739BC75" box="[967,1141,352,377]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FC0207206739BC75" box="[967,1141,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FB6807206658BC75" box="[1197,1300,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Atelopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. by having few spiculae on flanks (i.e., almost lacking); numerous spiculae present on flanks of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FB6607C8661DBCAD" box="[1187,1361,392,417]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FB6607C8661DBCAD" box="[1187,1361,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="4ACD7FC8FA29FF47FAA407C863E8BCC6" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,255,1303,1327]" captionTargetBox="[427,1159,474,1280]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[427,1160,474,1280]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. (A) Atelopus pachydermus from Cutervo, Peru (no museum number associated, photo AML); (B, C) A. bomolochos from 10 Km S Cutchil, Provincia Azuay (KU 217443 – 44, photos LAC); (D) A. bomolochos from 19 Km S Cutchil, Provincia Azuay (KU 217445, photo LAC); (E, F) A. onorei from Río Chipla, Provincia Azuay (no numbers associated, photos LAC)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178265/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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||
B–D) and
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FEDB07F06274BCC5" box="[286,312,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A.</emphasis>
|
||
sp. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FDAC07F0605ABCC5" box="[617,790,432,457]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FDAC07F0605ABCC5" box="[617,790,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having white marks on flanks (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FADF07F06381BCFD" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FADF07F06381BCFD" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FE560798611CBCFD" box="[403,592,472,497]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FE560798611CBCFD" box="[403,592,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. pachydermus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by significantly smaller size (mean female SVL of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FB740798666EBCFD" box="[1201,1314,472,497]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FB740798666EBCFD" box="[1201,1314,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
= 46.0
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FAB9079866D0BCFD" box="[1404,1436,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA29FF47FF5204406266BF16" box="[151,298,512,538]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4922499999999999" metricValueMax="1.56464" metricValueMin="1.41986" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" unit="in" value="58.75" valueMax="61.6" valueMin="55.9">55.9–61.6 in</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FEF4044062B4BF15" box="[305,504,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FEF4044062BCBF15" box="[305,496,512,537]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">A. pachydermus</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and by lacking brown colors in life.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9AEC30C6FA29FF41FF020467667DBB5E" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF020467665DBE56" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF02046762BFBF4D" bold="true" box="[199,499,551,577]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
Description of
|
||
<typeStatus id="0D4DDDEFFA29FF47FE45046762A2BF4D" box="[384,494,551,577]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="4ACD7FC8FA29FF47FDC104686119BF4E" box="[516,597,552,578]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="12.[151,255,1881,1905]" captionTargetBox="[285,1302,194,1855]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[285,1303,194,1857]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 5. Holotype of Atelopus petersi (QCAZ 300): (A) female, SVL = 47.9 mm; (B) ventral view of right hand, enlarged 3.2 times of A; (C) ventral view of left foot; enlarged 3.2 times of A." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
A–C). Head slightly longer than wide; head length and head width less than one third SVL (HLSQ/SVL = 0. 284; HDWD/SVL = 0.262; snout truncate in dorsal view; barely protruding beyond anterior margin of jaw; tip of snout lacking swollen gland; nostrils slightly protuberant, directed laterally, situated behind level of apex of lower jaw; canthus rostralis distinct, slightly swollen from eye to nostril; loreal region concave, lips not flared, interorbital and occipital regions flat, smooth, eyelid flared without distinct tubercles; postorbital crest glandular; temporal areas warty; tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus absent; choanae small, rounded, widely separated; tongue more than twice as long as wide, slightly broader anteriorly, its posterior half not attached to mouth’s floor; ostia pharyngea absent.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02052862B6BEF6" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Forearm relatively short (RDUL/SVL = 0.297); palmar tubercle round, supernumerary palmar tubercles absent; thenar and subarticular tubercles distinct; digital tips with round pads; thumb relatively long (THBL/ HAND = 0.628) having two phalanges; webbing on hands absent, fingers having lateral fringes; relative length of fingers II<III<V<IV.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02024867E1B9AC" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
Tibia relatively short (tibia/SVL = 0.360); no fold on distal half of inner edge of tarsus; outer metatarsal tubercle round, slightly raised, about two thirds length of oval inner metatarsal tubercle; supernumerary plantar tubercles absent; subarticular tubercles conspicuous, digital pads distinct; toes webbing formula
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FADB021A6678B978" bold="true" box="[1310,1332,1114,1140]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">I(</emphasis>
|
||
0+)—(0+– 1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF6A02C5638AB993" bold="true" box="[175,198,1157,1183]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">II</emphasis>
|
||
(0+–1)—(0+–1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FEA202C562C5B993" bold="true" box="[359,393,1157,1183]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">III</emphasis>
|
||
(0+–1)—(2)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FDCE02C56167B993" bold="true" box="[523,555,1157,1183]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">IV</emphasis>
|
||
(2-–2)—(0+–1)
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FD0C02C56190B993" bold="true" box="[713,732,1157,1183]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">V</emphasis>
|
||
; relative length of toes I<II<III =V<IV.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF0202EE6001B84C" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Dorsal surfaces varying from smooth to warty; scattered, irregularly distributed white spiculae and warts on flanks; warts on anterior and proximal dorsal surface of fore limb, throat, chest, and belly; undersides of hind limbs rugose, but free of warts; cloacal opening an inconspicuous tube at midlevel of thighs, directed posteriorly; low, elongated warts lateral to cloacal opening.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02030E6672BB04" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">In preservative (~70% ethanol), cream with black, irregular marks on dorsum of body and limbs. Tips of fingers and toes cream dorsally and ventrally, contrasting to black adjacent phalanges. Dorsum of snout cream. Flanks cream and black, except infraorbital and canthal regions, which are cream. Venter cream anteriorly and cream with five scattered, irregular, black marks posteriorly. Limbs ventrally mostly cream, except at joints with irregular black marks. Palms and soles cream with black marks. Black mark below cloaca.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02005560CEBB54" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF020055629FBB23" bold="true" box="[199,467,1557,1583]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Measurements (mm).</emphasis>
|
||
SVL 45.8, TIBL 165, FOOT 18.7, HLSQ 13.2, HDWD 12.0, ITNR 4.6, EYDM 4.5, EYNO 3.3, RDUL 13.8, HAND 12.2, THBL 7.6, SW 14.4.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02002567C9BBF4" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF0200256208BB73" bold="true" box="[199,324,1637,1663]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Variation.</emphasis>
|
||
Meristic variation is given in
|
||
<tableCitation id="9F7456F6FA29FF47FD60002661B1BB8C" box="[677,765,1638,1664]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="6.[151,239,151,175]" captionTargetBox="[159,1423,432,1521]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="TABLE 1. Measurements of Atelopus petersi and A. pachydermus, respectively. Mean ± one SD, and range are given. Abbreviations follow Gray and Cannatella (1985) and Coloma et al. (2000). They are: SVL = snout-vent length; TIBL = tibia length; FOOT = footh length; HLSQ = head length; HDWD = head width; EY DM = eye diameter; EYNO = eyenostril distance; ITNA = Internarial distance; RDUL = radio-ulna length; HAND = hand length; THBL = thumb length; SW = sacrum width. All measurements are in mm." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/868933C5FA24FF4AFF5206D761F8BC35" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" tableUuid="868933C5FA24FF4AFF5206D761F8BC35">Table 1</tableCitation>
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||
. Besides larger female size, the forearm in females is not swollen. Nuptial pads of adult males cover dorsum and inner margins of Fingers II and III. Nuptial pads vary from covering only Finger II (KU 117876) to Fingers II and III (KU 142950). When covering Finger III, nuptial excrescences can be more abundant proximally and at inner margin (KU 142954).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA29FF47FF02014562D6BAE4" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FF020145611CBA13" bold="true" box="[199,592,1797,1823]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Color variation in preservative</emphasis>
|
||
(~70% ethanol): Specimens from Napo, i.e., Oyacachi and Papallacta show large variation in dorsal and ventral patterns, from dorsum nearly entirely black (KU 117875) to mostly cream (QCAZ 299), and from venter white (KU 117875) to mostly marbled (KU 117879). Thus, they fit well descriptions and illustrations of color patterns in dorsal and ventral views provided by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA29FF47FB57013E629EBACC" author="Peters" pageId="11" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">
|
||
Peters (1973:Figs. 25– 27, under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA29FF47FEC901E66284BAB3" box="[268,456,1958,1983]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">
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||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA29FF47FEC901E66284BAB3" box="[268,456,1958,1983]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. pachydermus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
of specimens from the same region. A juvenile (QCAZ 3154, SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA29FF47FB3801E6662BBACC" box="[1277,1383,1958,1984]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.78" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" unit="mm" value="17.8">17.8 mm</quantity>
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||
) has a fine mid-dorsal line.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<caption id="868933C5FA2EFF40FF520119609ABA9F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178267/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" targetBox="[285,1302,194,1855]" targetPageId="12">
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<paragraph id="D249634DFA2EFF40FF520119609ABA9F" blockId="12.[151,1436,1881,1939]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2EFF40FF5201196256BA7D" bold="true" box="[151,282,1881,1905]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
Holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2EFF40FE6A01196111BA7C" box="[431,605,1881,1904]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
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||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2EFF40FE6A01196111BA7C" box="[431,605,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(QCAZ 300): (A) female, SVL = 47.9 mm; (B) ventral view of right hand, enlarged 3.2 times of A; (C) ventral view of left foot; enlarged 3.2 times of A.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF0206D860BBBF6E" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Referred Specimens from Provincia Chimborazo (QCAZ 3870, 3871, EPN 3307) are dorsally predominantly black, but have some cream blotches. QCAZ 3871 has a black dorsum with cream blotches, one on the snout, one on the upper eyelid, a small one on the interorbital region, two on the scapular region, and three on the sacral region; the flanks are black with minute white tips of spiculae. The loreal and suborbital regions are cream stippled with brown; the lower lip, throat, and chest are entirely white, whereas the belly and undersides of the limbs are black, except for a large white mark on belly. The palmar surfaces are white, and gray digits contrast with white tips of fingers dorsally, and all of Finger II is white dorsally. The dorsal surfaces of the feet, and soles are black; the ventral surfaces of Toe I, tips of toes, and metatarsal and subarticular tubercles are white. QCAZ 3870 differs from the previous individual by having the dorsum posterior to the head entirely black, whereas the dorsum of the head is mostly black with diffuse gray on the snout; the belly has four cream blotches and palms are mostly cream. EPN 3307 differs from QCAZ 3871 by having the dorsum of head mostly cream and four asymmetrical cream round blotches on the dorsum of the anterior part of body, the throat with a small black blotch, and the belly with a large white mark</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF02042B622FBFFE" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
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||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FF02042B6225BF89" bold="true" box="[199,361,619,645]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Color in life.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FEB7042C617BBF8A" author="Peters" box="[370,567,620,646]" pageId="13" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters (1973:35)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described specimens from Provincia Napo (Chalpi, Oyacachi and Papallacta) as follows: “The lighter dorsal areas are bright yellow. Many of the warts and pustules have white tops. The ventral surfaces are white in almost all individuals, but some may have orange areas or spots and some have red bellies.”
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF0204BC6204B972" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
USNM 193518 has yellowish green spotting on dorsum and a bright orange belly (Field Notes of James A. Peters,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FED3056062EFBE36" box="[278,419,800,826]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1962-07-05">5 July 1962</date>
|
||
). KU 117874–75 is black above, 117874 is red below, 117875 is orange; metatarsal tubercles are yellow; KU 117876–
|
||
<specimenCount id="C4F0A8C4FA2FFF41FDF40504618DBE52" box="[561,705,836,862]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="juvenile">79 juveniles</specimenCount>
|
||
are black above with dark faintly yellow blotches; black and white below. All specimens except 117879 are white below with black markings; in 117879 there is pale red pigment in the white areas posteriorly and dorsum black with few to many yellow spots. KU 117879 has yellow-white spots on back; flanks black with white spots; metatarsal tubercles white; iris dark brown (Field Notes of John D. Lynch,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FE0705946121BEE2" box="[450,621,980,1006]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1968-03-07">7 March 1968</date>
|
||
). KU 142950, dorsum yellow and black; venter white and black; iris reddish brown (Field Notes of William E. Duellman,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FCD005B860AEB91E" box="[789,994,1016,1042]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1971-10-27">27 October 1971</date>
|
||
). KU 142951–52, dorsum black with greenish yellow markings; venter black and white (Field Notes of William E. Duellman,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FB07025C66C3B93A" box="[1218,1423,1052,1078]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1971-10-17">17 October 1971</date>
|
||
). KU 142953, dorsum green and black; KU 142954, yellow and black (Field Notes of William E. Duellman,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FABA02006270B972" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1971-10-28">28 October 1971</date>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF0202C8614FB9E6" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FF0202C8629AB9AE" author="Lotters" box="[199,470,1160,1186]" pageId="13" pageNumber="30" refString="Lotters, S. (1996) The Neotropical Toad Genus Atelopus. Checklist - Biology - Distribution. M. Vences & F. Glaw, Cologne, Germany, 143 pp." type="book" year="1996">
|
||
Lötters (1996:
|
||
<figureCitation id="4ACD7FC8FA2FFF41FEB602C86282B9AE" box="[371,462,1160,1186]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="21.[151,255,1885,1909]" captionTargetBox="[208,1365,858,1823]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[182,1404,834,1861]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 11. Skeletal features of female Atelopus petersi from Oyacachi, Provincia Napo (QCAZ 302, SVL = 42.2 mm). (A) ventral view of hyobranchium, (B) dorsal view of vertebral column and pelvic girdle, and (C) ventral view of pectoral girdle. Scale = 3 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178273/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FDD802C860E2B9AE" author="Coloma" box="[541,942,1160,1186]" pageId="13" pageNumber="29" refString="Coloma, L. A. & Ron, S. (2001) Ecuador megadiverso. Anfibios, reptiles, aves y mamiferos / Megadiverse Ecuador. Amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Serie de Divulgacion del Museo de Zoologia. Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, 1, 140 pp." type="book" year="2001">Coloma and Ron (2001:Fig. 29)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
provided color photographs of MHNG 2246.93 from 11 Km ESE of Papallacta.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FD4D02EC670EB9CA" author="Almendariz" box="[648,1090,1196,1222]" pageId="13" pageNumber="29" refString="Almendariz, A., & Cisneros, D. (2005) Atelopus sp. 19. In Rueda-Almonacid, J. V., Rodriguez-Mahecha, J. V., Lotters, S., La Marca, E., Kahn, T. & Angulo, A. (Eds.), Ranas arlequines. Conservacion Internacional. Panamericana Formas e Impresos S. A., Bogota, Colombia, pp. 155." type="book chapter" year="2005">Almendáriz and Cisneros (2005:155)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
provided a color description and photograph of this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF0202B467E6B85A" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
Referred specimen EPN 3307 from Provincia Chimborazo had a black dorsum, bearing scattered, small, greenish-yellow marks mostly on the cephalic region; venter with two yellow marks separated by a black stripe that extends toward dorsum (Field Notes of Ana Almendáriz,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2FFF41FC70037C67D1B85A" box="[949,1181,1340,1366]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1986-09-19">19 September 1986</date>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF02031F624CB8CE" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FF02031F6162B875" bold="true" box="[199,558,1375,1401]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Morphometric comparisons.</emphasis>
|
||
SVL is not significantly different between females from Provincia Napo
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FF5203C463FAB891" box="[151,182,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
Provincia Chimborazo (
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FE1C03C462ADB891" box="[473,481,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">t</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.342, df = 9,
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FD6F03C461F0B891" box="[682,700,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">P</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.7402). No males from Chimborazo are available for comparisons.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF02038C667DBB5E" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
Two components with eigenvalues> 1.0 were extracted from the PCA of eight morphometric variables of
|
||
<specimenCount id="C4F0A8C4FA2FFF41FF5203B0627BBB06" box="[151,311,1520,1546]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="generic">26 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
from populations throughout the range of
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FCF203B060B2BB05" box="[823,1022,1520,1545]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2FFF41FCF203B060B5BB05" box="[823,1017,1520,1545]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">Atelopus petersi</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
The axes accounted for 57.5 % of the total variation. Along PC I, the highest loadings were for FL and HLSQ. Along PC II, the highest loadings were for SW and SVL. There is a wide overlap among the morphometric range of these populations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9AEC30C6FA2FFF42FF02001B62D4BC12" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF41FF02001B62C1BBEE" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FF02001B6219BB79" bold="true" box="[199,341,1627,1653]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
The Provincia Chimborazo population seems conspecific with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2FFF41FB85001C67B3BB79" box="[1088,1279,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FB85001C67B3BB79" box="[1088,1279,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, at this time, further analyses are precluded by the small sample size (three females) from Provincia Chimborazo. Because this small sample size, we preferred to list the Provincia Chimborazo specimens as referred material and not as
|
||
<typeStatus id="0D4DDDEFFA2FFF41FED0008862C5BBEE" box="[277,393,1736,1762]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2FFF42FF0200AC62D4BC12" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,2014]" lastBlockId="14.[151,1436,152,574]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FF0200AC6229BA0A" author="Peters" box="[199,357,1772,1798]" pageId="13" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters (1973)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
discussed a series of specimens in the Gustavo Orcés collection (GOV 8698–700, currently USNM 236942–44) resembling
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2FFF41FDD401506182BA25" box="[529,718,1808,1833]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FDD401506182BA25" box="[529,718,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(i.e.,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2FFF41FCD4015067FDBA26" authority="Peters, 1973" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1973" box="[785,1201,1808,1834]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FCD40150675ABA25" box="[785,1046,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. pachydermus sensu</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FBD8015067FDBA26" author="Peters" box="[1053,1201,1808,1834]" pageId="13" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters, 1973</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), from the Andes of Provincia Loja in southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="AAE123DDFA2FFF41FE1A0174610FBA42" box="[479,579,1844,1870]" name="Ecuador" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
|
||
. He stated that these specimens were identical to those from Oyacachi. However, these specimens are unicolor cream, in contrast to Oyacachi specimens. Because at that time
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2FFF41FA46011863ABBA99" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FA46011863ABBA99" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2FFF41FF39013C6145BA99" box="[252,521,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. pachydermus sensu</emphasis>
|
||
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|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) was unknown from the area between Napo and Loja,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2FFF41FA91013C6246BAB6" author="Peters" pageId="13" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters (1973:37)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
suggested that the locality data were erroneous. However, we prefer to assume that the Loja population may refer to a distinct (unnamed) taxon, although they are morphologically similar. Our PCA analysis shows that morphometric variation between the Loja specimens and
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FC0406D8677EBDBD" box="[961,1074,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
widely overlaps. Our assumption is based on the large geographic gap between
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FD2C06FC6016BDD9" box="[745,858,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the Loja population. Nonetheless, resolution of this issue will require further analyses of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FD5A06A0604ABDF5" box="[671,774,224,249]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FD5A06A0604ABDF5" box="[671,774,224,249]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Atelopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
specimens and populations from intermediate areas and from Loja and Azuay.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2CFF42FF02076762FEBF32" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,574]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FF020767601DBC4D" bold="true" box="[199,849,295,321]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution, ecology and current population status.</emphasis>
|
||
According to our data,
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FBAF07686665BC4D" box="[1130,1321,296,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="AAE123DDFA2CFF42FDB6070C619BBC6A" box="[627,727,332,358]" name="Ecuador" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
|
||
, Provincias Napo and – according to specimens tentatively referred to the new species – Chimborazo (
|
||
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|
||
), at elevations of
|
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<quantity id="150ECEA8FA2CFF42FC6E07306701BC86" box="[939,1101,368,394]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.98" metricValueMax="3.3" metricValueMin="2.66" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="m" value="2980.0" valueMax="3300.0" valueMin="2660.0">2660–3300 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level. The area in which
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FF2D07D46216BCA1" box="[232,346,404,429]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
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||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FF2D07D46216BCA1" box="[232,346,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs includes Cloud Montane Forest and High Montane Evergreen Forest, following the classification of the natural plant formations of the Ecuadorian Andes (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2CFF42FC2F07F867ABBCDE" author="Valencia" box="[1002,1255,440,466]" pageId="14" pageNumber="32" refString="Valencia, R., Ceron, C., Palacios, W. & Sierra, R. (1999) Las formaciones naturales de la Sierra del Ecuador. In Sierra, R. (Ed.), Propuesta preliminar de un sistema de clasificacion de vegetacion para el Ecuador continental. Proyecto INEFAN / GEF-BIRF y Ecociencia, Quito, Ecuador, pp. 79 - 108." type="book chapter" year="1999">
|
||
Valencia
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FB9E07F867DBBCDD" box="[1115,1175,440,465]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 1999
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Annual mean precipitation is about
|
||
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|
||
and annual mean temperature is about 12–18ºC (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2CFF42FB5C079C66C3BCFA" author="Canadas-Cruz" box="[1177,1423,476,502]" pageId="14" pageNumber="29" refString="Canadas-Cruz, L. (1983) El mapa bioclimatico y ecologico del Ecuador. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia. Programa Nacional de Regionalizacion Agraria. Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, 209 pp." type="book" year="1983">Cañadas-Cruz, 1983</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). According to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2CFF42FE85044062A8BF16" author="Peters" box="[320,484,512,538]" pageId="14" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters (1973)</bibRefCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FE3104406124BF15" box="[500,616,512,537]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FE3104406124BF15" box="[500,616,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FD640440602EBF15" box="[673,866,512,537]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachydermus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FD640440602EBF15" box="[673,866,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. pachydermus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) occurs sympatrically with
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FB7C044063AEBF31" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FB7C044066D0BF15" box="[1209,1436,512,537]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="ignescens" subSpecies="sensu">
|
||
A. ignescens
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FBB10224FA2CFF42FA9E044066D0BF15" box="[1371,1436,512,537]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" sensu="stricto">sensu</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
stricto
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2CFF42FF34046462E9BF32" author="Cornalia" box="[241,421,548,574]" pageId="14" pageNumber="29" refString="Cornalia, E. (1849) Vertebratorum synopsis in Museo Mediolanense extantium quae per novam orbem Cajetanus Osculati Collegit Annuis 1846 - 47 - 48. Museo Mediolanense, 304 - 315." type="book chapter" year="1849">Cornalia, 1849</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<paragraph id="D249634DFA2CFF42FF5C010E613EBAFC" blockId="14.[151,1436,1870,2032]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FF5C010E6257BA6A" bold="true" box="[153,283,1870,1894]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Map of Ecuador showing localities of
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FD73010E6024BA69" box="[694,872,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FD73010E6028BA69" box="[694,868,1870,1893]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">Atelopus petersi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(circles),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FC17010E673CBA69" box="[978,1136,1870,1893]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FC17010E673CBA69" box="[978,1136,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(squares) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FACE010E6621BA69" box="[1291,1389,1870,1893]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="onorei">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FACE010E6621BA69" box="[1291,1389,1870,1893]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. onorei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(triangle). 1 = Provincia Napo: Oyacachi; 2 = Provincia Napo: Chalpi; 3 = Provincia Napo: 11 Km ESE Papallacta; 4 = Provincia Chimborazo: Lagunas de Atillo, Laguna Cuyug (specimens tentatively referred to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2CFF42FBB801D467A4BAA7" box="[1149,1256,1940,1963]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2CFF42FBB801D467A4BAA7" box="[1149,1256,1940,1963]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); 5 = Provincia Azuay: Sevilla de Oro; 6 = Provincia Azuay: Cuenca; 7 = Provincia Cañar: Juncal-General Morales; 8 = Provincia Azuay: Río Chipla, 10–15 Km E Luz María.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2DFF43FF0206D86191BE06" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1058]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
|
||
Knowledge on the life history of
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FD8E06D86045BDBD" box="[587,777,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is poor. KU117874–79 were collected on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FB3D06D866D0BDBE" box="[1272,1436,152,178]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1968-03-07">7 March 1968</date>
|
||
under rocks at the edge of a stream. KU 142950 was collected in
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FC6606806727BDD6" box="[931,1131,192,218]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1971-10-27">
|
||
27 October
|
||
<quantity id="150ECEA8FA2DFF43FBF506806727BDD6" box="[1072,1131,192,218]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.00634" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="in" value="1971.0">1971</quantity>
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||
</date>
|
||
in streambed by day. KU 142951–54 were collected in 17,
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FDDE06A86078BC0E" box="[539,820,232,258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1971-10-27" valueMax="1971-10-28" valueMin="1971-10-27">27 and 28 October 1971</date>
|
||
under logs on grassy hillside. The referred specimen EPN 3307 (female) was collected active on cushions plants in paramo habitat at 10:59 hrs on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FB3D07506399BC5E" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1986-09-19">19 September 1986</date>
|
||
. QCAZ 298–302 (two males, three females) were collected on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FC730778677ABC5E" box="[950,1078,312,338]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1988-04">April 1988</date>
|
||
during the day when active on a trail. A juvenile (QCAZ 3154) was collected on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FD2C072060ECBC76" box="[745,928,352,378]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1988-03-30">30 March 1988</date>
|
||
. QCAZ 4555 (female) was collected on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FABA07206262BCAE" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1993-08-19">19 August 1993</date>
|
||
when walking along the border of the Río Oyacachi. QCAZ 7678 was found dead, at 1 Km E of Oyacachi, on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FEFF07F0615EBCC6" box="[314,530,432,458]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1996-11-08">8 November 1996</date>
|
||
. This is the latest record for this species from Provincia Napo. Despite occasional efforts to locate
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FE660798615FBCFD" box="[419,531,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
subsequently (one visit to Oyacachi on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FC2D079867E5BCFE" box="[1000,1193,472,498]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2003-09">September 2003</date>
|
||
, two visits to 11 Km East of Papallacta on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FE5F04406180BF16" box="[410,716,512,538]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1999-01" valueMax="1999-08-31" valueMin="1999-01-00">January and August 1999</date>
|
||
, four visits to Atillo on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FC2804406724BF16" box="[1005,1128,512,538]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2001-05">May 2001</date>
|
||
, on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FB59044066D4BF16" box="[1180,1432,512,538]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2002-06-15" valueMax="2002-06-30" valueMin="2002-06-15">15 and 30 June 2002</date>
|
||
, and on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FF2B0468623FBF4E" box="[238,371,552,578]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2006-04">April 2006</date>
|
||
), no additional individuals have been found. According to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2DFF43FBED046867A1BF4E" author="Peters" box="[1064,1261,552,578]" pageId="15" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters (1973:36)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, in the past,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2DFF43FA46046863ABBF65" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FA46046863ABBF65" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was “extremely common” in the vicinity of Papallacta, where it was found along the Río Papallacta, under rocks in moist, and spongy runoff areas. Interviewing local people at Oyacachi and Papallacta, they were familiar with these toads. Several different-aged persons revealed that these toads once were abundant but have not been seen for several years, although in Oyacachi some people claimed, on
|
||
<date id="A648458DFA2DFF43FB6704886629BFEE" box="[1186,1381,712,738]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2003-09">September 2003</date>
|
||
, that from time to time they still see single individuals.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9AEC30C6FA2DFF43FF02055761CDBEA6" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="D249634DFA2DFF43FF02055761CDBEA6" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1058]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FF020557620CBE3D" bold="true" box="[199,320,791,817]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The color pattern of specimen JAP 2267 of
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FC9C05586755BE3D" box="[857,1049,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Atelopus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and depicted on Figs.
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from the environs of Papallacta conforms well to the color pattern of the
|
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of
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<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2DFF43FADF05006381BE8D" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bomolochos">
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FADF05006381BE8D" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. bomolochos</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(CAS 91930;
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<bibRefCitation id="B6671EBCFA2DFF43FEB005286145BE8E" author="Peters" box="[373,521,872,898]" pageId="15" pageNumber="31" refString="Peters, J. A. (1973) The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 145, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="1973">Peters, 1973</bibRefCitation>
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:
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<figureCitation id="4ACD7FC8FA2DFF43FDC90528612FBE8E" box="[524,611,872,898]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="25.[151,255,1885,1909]" captionTargetBox="[209,1352,982,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[199,1388,954,1861]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 15. Manus (A) and pes (B), in ventral view, of female Atelopus onorei from Río Chipla, Provincia Azuay (QCAZ 1868). The arrow designates the Sesamoid I. Stippled areas are bone; cartilage shown in dark gray. Broken line indicates missing phalanx. Scale = 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/178277/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
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). This resemblance might be homoplastic, plesiomorphic, or indicate a close phylogenetic affinity between them.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9AEC30C6FA2DFF43FF0205F7619BB92D" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="D249634DFA2DFF43FF0205F7619BB92D" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1058]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FF0205F76218BEDD" bold="true" box="[199,340,951,977]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific name is a noun in the genitive case and it is a patronym for James A. Peters, in recognition of his discovery of this species in 1962 and posterior detailed description in 1973.
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<collectingCountry id="AAE123DDFA2DFF43FAC905A06661BEF6" box="[1292,1325,992,1018]" name="American Samoa" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">As</collectingCountry>
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well, we recognize his contribution to
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<taxonomicName id="15F618CEFA2DFF43FE2B02486119B92D" box="[494,597,1032,1057]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Atelopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="E082BF5FFA2DFF43FE2B02486119B92D" box="[494,597,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Atelopus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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taxonomy.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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