Keywords
Pristimantis viridis
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Abstract
Recently, Valencia et al. [1] we described a new species of Pristimantis from the northwestern foothills of Ecuador. However, we made a mistake in using a specific epithet previously occupied for a frog of eastern and western foothills of Antioquia, Colombia [2]. Under Chapter 12, Article 53.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ICZN, Pristimantis viridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdezy Guayasamin, 2010 is considered a junior homonym.
To solve this problem, and following the provisions of Art. 60.3 of ICZN [3], we propose the name Pristimantis rufoviridis nomen novum replacing Pristimantis viridis Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz, Betancourt-Yépez, Terán-Valdez y Guayasamin. The specific epithet rufoviridis comes from the combination of words in Latin rufus (red, reddish) and viridis (green), and refers to the greenish color with red spots on the back of this frog. The rufoviridis epithet is used as a noun in apposition.
Although the color pattern is green in the two species, P viridis has a pale green or "apple green" immaculate without obvious stains [2], as opposed to P rufoviridis which has obvious reddish spots. As P rufoviridis, P viridis has no clear phylogenetic position within the genre Pristimantis [2].
References
Valencia, J. H., Muñoz-Yánez, M., Betancourt-Yépez, R., Terán-Valdéz, A. and Guayasamin, J. M. 2010. "Una nueva llamativa especie de Pristimantis (Anura: Terrana: Strabomantidae) de las estribaciones noroccidentales del los Andes del Ecuador." Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías. 2(3), B41-B45.
Ruiz-Carranza, P. M., Lynch, J. D. and Ardila-Robayo, M. C. 1997. "Seis nuevas especies de Eleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) del norte de la Cordillera Occidental de Colombia." Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias. 21(79), 155-174.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International Code f Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London
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