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SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010): Número especial por el Año Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica

A striking new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Terrana: Strabomantidae) of the northwestern foothills of the Andes of Ecuador

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v2i3.43
Submitted
July 15, 2015
Published
2010-12-08

Abstract

We describe a new species of the diverse genus Pristimantis. The new species is characterized by having a green dorsum with reddish marks, acuminate snout with papilla at tip, conical ulnar and tarsal tubercles, and by lacking cranial crests. The new species inhabits the northwestern Andean slopes of Ecuador.

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