Title
Three new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
Three new species of Pristimantis are described from montane forests and páramos at elevations of 1900-3200 m in the Cordillera de Huancabamba in the northern Peruvian departamentos de Cajamarca and Piura. The new species are assigned to the Pristimantis unistrigatus Group and are compared with species from southern Ecuador and northern Peru. One of the new species has a black W-shaped occipital fold, and the groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thigh, the concealed surface of tarsus, and axilla are blackish brown with yellowish-orange or reddish-orange flecks. The second species has an olive green dorsum with black and brown flecks, and a yellow groin and the anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs are yellow. Another species is unique in having blue flecks in the groin and on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the thigh and ventral surfaces of the shank. © 2007 by The Herpetologists' League, Inc.
Start page
519
End page
536
Volume
63
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
ZoologÃa, OrnitologÃa, EntomologÃa, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
BiologÃa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-38149017628
Source
Herpetologica
ISSN of the container
00180831
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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