Title
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Cruciform eye reveals new species of direct-developing frog (Strabomantidae, Pristimantis) in the Amazonian Andes
Date Issued
01 April 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Instituto Peruano de Herpetología (IPH)
Instituto Peruano de Herpetología (IPH)
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
We describe a new species of frog from the eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru. Pristimantis sira sp. nov. has a distinctive crossing mark on the iris and no tympanum. The new species is closely related to P. antisuyu Catenazzi & Lehr, 2018, P. cruciocularis Lehr, Lundberg, Aguilar & von May, 2006, and P. erythroinguinis Catenazzi & Lehr, 2018, but is easily differentiable by lacking colour blotches on groins. Pristimantis sira sp. nov. inhabits the mountain forests from 1550 to 2200 m a.s.l., inside a national reserve threatened by illegal mining.
Start page
81
End page
92
Volume
5
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología del desarrollo
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105595635
Source
Evolutionary Systematics
ISSN of the container
25350730
Sponsor(s)
This research would not have been possible without the valuable support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) that trusted GC to perform the fieldwork. We are deeply grateful with Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (SERNANP) staff who made our work inside El Sira Communal Reserve possible. GC is very pleased to have shared the fieldwork with his friend Jose Malqui, who helped collect the type series of the new species. We also thank Milagros Toala and Katherine Toepfer for their valuable help with fieldwork arrangements.
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