Title
Four new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs of the genus Phrynopus (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from Río Abiseo National Park, Peru
Date Issued
06 June 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad del Sur de Illinois
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
We describe four new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs belonging to the genus Phrynopus from specimens collected on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental (2800-3850 m) near and within Río Abiseo National Park, Provincia Mariscal Cáceres, Departments of San Martín and La Libertad, northeastern Peru. All four species lack a visible tympanum and inhabit the upper ridges and slopes within or adjacent to the Park. Phrynopus anancites sp. nov. and P. capitalis sp. nov. inhabit the wet montane grasslands on the upper ridges and valleys from 3600 to 3850 m. Phrynopus anancites (SVL = 25.3 mm) has coarsely aerolated skin and olive green coloration and has small vomerine teeth, while P. capitalis (female SVL = 35.6 mm) is characterized by a large head, short limbs, and distinctive dorsal pattern. Phrynopus dumicola sp. nov. (female SVL = 25.3 mm) has a short head and dark colored body with granular skin on the flanks, and is known only from forest patches along the treeline from 3225 to 3550 m, whereas P. personatus sp. nov. (female SVL = 28.2 mm) has a dark facemask and bright yellow groin spots (possibly aposematic), and inhabits a narrow band of continuous tropical montane rain forest from 2890 to 3110 m. We report infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from one specimen of P. dumicola collected in July of 1988. With the addition of these four new species, Phrynopus now includes 32 nominal species.
Start page
381
End page
406
Volume
4273
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020281006
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Source funding
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Sponsor(s)
We thank M. Leo, M. Romo, E. Ortiz, R. von May, M. Fernandez, D. Aguilar and M. Silva for support during field expeditions. Logistic support was provided by T. and I. Hurtado, P. Moore, the friendly people from Pataz, E. Alayo, the park administration and rangers. LOR is especially grateful to D.W. Davidson for providing all necessary support, working space and constructive comments on early version of the manuscript, C.W. Myers (AMNH), G.R. Zug (USNM), W.E. Duellman (KU), B. Clarke and C. McCarthy (BMNH) and G. Köhler (SMF) kindly provided working space and facilities for specimen examination of collections at their care. We thank S.B. Hedges for help with species comparisons; K. Tige for X-ray plates and G. Zug (USNM) and J. Icochea for clearing and staining. We thank W.E. Duellman and L. Trueb for their hospitality during our visits to KU. LOR thanks C.W. Myers for help with the initial descriptions and for extending many courtesies during her visits to the AMNH, L.S. Ford for her help with defining localities, F. Chang (+) for drawing Figure 9 and M. T. Fuentes (CIMA-Cordillera Azul), for Figure 2; D. Rödder for providing working space at the König Zoological Museum of Bonn, and M. Flecks for assisting with holotype photographs. The inventories conducted by the Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (APECO) in Río Abiseo NP were funded by grants from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the PEW Charitable Fund, through the University of Colorado at Boulder. Visits to AMNH were supported through a Collection Study Grant and to KU with support from the University of Kansas. A visit to the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution was supported by the Biological Diversity Program in Latin America (BIOLAT). The Dirección General Forestal y de Fauna of the Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima, provided the necessary permits for scientific collections within Río Abiseo National Park.
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