Title
Two new surprising species of leaf-litter toad of the Rhinella margaritifera species group (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Peruvian Amazon, LoretoPeru
Date Issued
09 June 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pea P.P.
Vila R.W.
DE Carvalho V.T.
Perez R.
Farias I.P.
Gordo M.
Hrbek T.
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
We describe two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the department of Loreto, Peru. We integrate morphological and phylogenetic analyses to provide evidence of new species. R. angeli sp. nov. is diagnosable from all congeners by its pronounced fleshy proboscis and R. unapensis sp. nov. by the small size (mean snout-vent length=37.7 4.1 mm) of adult males, snout pointed in dorsal view, nearly acute in lateral view, and small bony protrusion at the angle of jaws among other characters. The two species are allopatric, where the first species is known to be associated inhabits upland (=terra firme) forests, while the second white sand forests (=varillales) around Iquitos city. The two new species represent the 20th and 21st species of the Rhinella margaritifera species group.
Start page
487
End page
515
Volume
5150
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137701057
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
For the access to collections and institutional specimen loans, we thank to K. de Queiroz (USNM), M. T. Rodrigues (USP), A. P. dos Santos Júnior (UFOPA), P. C. A. Garcia (UFMG), F. F. Curcio (UFMT), R. C. Vogt (INPA), J. P. Pombal Jr. (MNRJ), and T. Grant (USP). RRRZ thanks Emerita Tirado, Maira Zambrano, Eduardo Velasco. Dirección General Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente provides the collecting permit 241-2017-SERFOR/DGGSPFFS. RWA thanks the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for research funding (PQ 305988/2018-2, 307722/2021-0). VTC thanks Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES for the postdoctoral funding (PNPD). To Laboratório de Edição, Tradução e Revisão de Textos Acadêmicos (LETRARE), Universidade Federal do Ceará for revising the English version.
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