Title
A new species of glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the foothill Andean forests of Ecuador and Peru
Date Issued
01 September 2008
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
We describe a new species of glassfrog assigned to the genus Cochranella (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) from the Foothill Evergreen forests on the southeastern Andean slopes of Ecuador and northeastern Andean slopes of Peru. The new species is characterized by its moderate-sized body (25.4-26.9 mm in adult males), medium-sized eyes (eye diameter/third disc width = 1.4-1.9), distinctive coloration in life (olive green with light spots) and in preservative (grayish lavender with pale spots), dorsal skin covered with flat warts and low tubercles, parietal peritoneum mostly white (covered by iridophores), thick ulnar folds, and extensive hand and foot webbing. In addition, we provide the first record of Nymphargus posadae from Peru, found in sympatry with the new species at the Cordillera del Cóndor. © 2008 by The Herpetologists' League, Inc.
Start page
341
End page
353
Volume
64
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-57349114179
Source
Herpetologica
ISSN of the container
00180831
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