Title
A new species of Bryophryne (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, southeastern Peruvian Andes
Date Issued
2017
Access level
restricted access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
ESALQ Universidade de Sao Paolo
Abstract
We describe a new species of Bryophryne from the Cordillera de Vilcabamba in Department Cusco, in the southeastern Peruvian Andes. The new species differs from all other congeneric taxa, except B. flammiventris and B. gymnotis, by possessing a weakly defined tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus, by the presence of vocal sac and vocal slits in males, and by producing advertisement calls. The new species is distinguished from B. flammiventris and B. gymnotis by skin texture, presence of small, oblique dentigerous processes on the vomer, ventral coloration ranging from bluish-gray to whitish-gray with irregular or reticulate dark brown spots, and call composed of two or three notes. The new species is further characterized by having dorsal skin shagreen with tubercles, discontinuous dorsolateral folds, skin smooth on ventral surfaces of the body, and lateral fringes on fingers and toes. This species was found at the transition from montane forest to high Andean puna, where it occurs in moist microhabitats under moss and rocks at elevations from 3519 to 3707 m a.s.l. © 201 7 Universidade de Säo Paulo - ESALQ.
Start page
129
End page
141
Volume
16
Issue
2
Number
2
Language
English
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042370461
Source
Phyllomedusa
ISSN of the container
1519-1397
Sponsor(s)
We thank personnel from the collection of amphibians and reptiles of the Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú (MUBI), for providing material for this study. We are grateful to the Center for Conservation, Education and Sustainability of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute for providing laboratory equipment. We thank I. De la Riva and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions on the manuscript. We are grateful to Janalee Caldwell for reviewing our manuscript. Collecting permits in Peru were issued by SERNANP-Machu Picchu (054-2012-SERNANP-JEF). This work was partially supported by the Programa Incentivo para la Publicación Efectiva de Artículos %KGPVÈſEQU GP 4GXKUVCU +PFK\CFCU 4&' 159-2015-FONDECYT-DE, P. I. L. Mamani) and 2016 (RDE 036, 20.04.2016, P. I. J. C. Chaparro) del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica de Perú [CONCYTEC-FONDECYT (Cienciactiva)]. All specimens described herein have been deposited in the Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú (MUBI), which is recognized by the Resolución de Dirección General N° 024-2017-SERFOR/ DGGSPFFS.
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica