Title
A new species of noblella (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the humid Montane forests of Cusco, Peru
Date Issued
08 August 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Southern Illinois University
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
A new species of Noblella is described from the humid montane forest of the Región Cusco in Peru. Specimens were collected at 2330–2370 m elevation in Madre Selva, near Santa Ana, in the province of La Convención. The new species is readily distinguished from all other species of Noblella by having a broad, irregularly shaped, white mark on black background on chest and belly. The new species further differs from known Peruvian species of Noblella by the combination of the following characters: tympanic membrane absent, small tubercles on the upper eyelid and on dorsum, tarsal tubercles or folds absent, tips of digits not expanded, no circumferential grooves on digits, dark brown facial mask and lateral band extending from the tip of the snout to the inguinal region. The new species has a snout-to-vent length of 15.6 mm in one adult male and 17.6 mm in one adult female. Like other recently described species in the genus, this new Noblella inhabits high-elevation forests in the Andes and likely has a restricted geographic distribution.
Start page
71
End page
84
Volume
2015
Issue
516
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938699474
Source
ZooKeys
ISSN of the container
13132989
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus