Vol. 7 No. 2 (2015), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2015)

Another new species of frog Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana) in the western foothills of the Pichincha Volcano, Ecuador

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Published 2015-12-30
Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Carolina Pilar Reyes-Puig
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Patricia Bejarano-Muñoz
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Santiago R. Ron
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Volumen 7 - Número 1
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Keywords

Andes
Craugastoridae
Quito
Pristimantis pichincha sp. nov.

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Yánez-Muñoz, M. H., Reyes-Puig, C. P., Bejarano-Muñoz, P., & Ron, S. R. (2015). Another new species of frog Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana) in the western foothills of the Pichincha Volcano, Ecuador. ACI Avances En Ciencias E Ingenierías, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v7i2.257
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Abstract

We describe a new species of terrestrial frog Pristimantis from the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. The species is a member of the P. devillei species-group and is characterized by having cranial crests with high frontoparietals, concealed tympanum, glandular dorsolateral folds and flanks, and subconical tubercles on the upper eyelid, ulnar region and heel.

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