Title
Two new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from Cordillera de Colán, Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
García-Ayachi L.A.
Ormeño J.
Bullard S.
Motta A.P.
Instituto Peruano de Herpetología
Instituto Peruano de Herpetología
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
We describe two new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs from the Cordillera de Colán, in northeastern Peru. We used Parsimony and Maximum Likelihood approaches to infer a molecular phylogeny on a dataset composed of 75 terminals, including three terminals representing the new species, and 4202 bp of concatenated mtDNA and nuDNA fragments. Our phylogenetic analyses support the placement of the two new species in Lynchius and Oreobates, respectively. The new species of Lynchius occurs in two localities from 1,977 to 2,006 m a.s.l., and is characterized by having a dorsum covered by conical tubercles and a brown dorsal coloration lacking a pattern of blotches on the hidden surfaces of flanks and hindlimbs. The new species of Oreobates is only known from one location at 2608 m a.s.l. and is characterized by the absence of axillary and inguinal glands, and the presence of white or cream blotches on the dark brown hidden surfaces of the body.
Start page
279
End page
296
Volume
7
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111446922
Source
Neotropical Biodiversity
ISSN of the container
23766808
Sponsor(s)
We are especially grateful to the Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), especially with the professional personnel of the Santuario Nacional Cordillera de Colán: Christian Olivera, Jhonny D. Ramos, Gerlys Fernandez, and Abner García for its logistic support. We thank A. Marchelie for his photographs of Bosque Quemado. We also thank Axel Marchelie and Juan C. Chávez for the company and field assistance. APM thanks São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) for her PhD scholarship (grant #2017/08488-3). This research was funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) (project number CEPF?109938) through the Fondo de Promoci?n de las ?reas Naturales Protegidas del Per? (PROFONANPE), and the Global Genome Initiative (GGBN-GGI). We are especially grateful to the Servicio Nacional de ?reas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), especially with the professional personnel of the Santuario Nacional Cordillera de Col?n: Christian Olivera, Jhonny D. Ramos, Gerlys Fernandez, and Abner Garc?a for its logistic support. We thank A. Marchelie for his photographs of Bosque Quemado. We also thank Axel Marchelie and Juan C. Ch?vez for the company and field assistance. APM thanks S?o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) for her PhD scholarship (grant #2017/08488-3).
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