Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010)

Description of three new species of frogs in the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana: Strabomantidae) of the cloud forests in the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Published 2010-12-08
Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Paúl A. Meza-Ramos
PETROECUADOR, Vicepresidencia Corporativa de Ambiente, Responsabilidad Social, Seguridad y Salud, Coordinación Mitigación y Remediación Ambiental
Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig
Fundación Oscar Efrén Reyes
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Keywords

Pristimantis yumbo sp. nov.
Pristimantis romanorum sp. nov.
Pristimantis sirnigeli sp. nov.
cloud forest
taxonomy
Pichincha
Ecuador

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Yánez-Muñoz, M. H., Meza-Ramos, P. A., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., & Reyes-Puig, J. P. (2010). Description of three new species of frogs in the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana: Strabomantidae) of the cloud forests in the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador. ACI Avances En Ciencias E Ingenierías, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v2i3.40
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Abstract

We describe three new species of frogs Pristimantis from the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito based on material collected by expedition of the Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales. The new species are assigned to the P unistrigatus, P devillei and P myersi species-groups, and can be distinguished easily from similar species by external morphology and distinctive coloration patterns. The three new species were discovered in the extensive and unexplored forests on the northern and southwestern slopes of the Pichincha volcano, which preserves an endemic and still poorly-known fauna.

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