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SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES

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

A new species of frog Pristimantis (Terrarana: Strabomantidae) of the cloud forests of the upper basin Rio Pastaza, Ecuador

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v2i3.48
Submitted
July 15, 2015
Published
2010-12-08

Abstract

A new species of frog of the genus Pristimantis is described from the cloud forests of the upper Pastaza basin, on the eastern versant of the central Andes of Ecuador. Pristimantis tungurahua sp. nov. is characterized by lacking cranial crests and vocal sacs, showing a visible tympanic membrane and annulus, conical tubercles on the upper eyelid and heel, and by having red coloration on the groin, underarm, and ventral surfaces in females (in males, red is restricted to the underarms and groins).

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