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A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)

Abstract. A new species of Pristimantis is described from Reserva Buenaventura, southern Ecuador, at elevations between 878 and 1082 m. A molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes shows that the new species is closely related to Pristimantis phoxocephalus, Pristimantis riveti, and...

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Autores principales: Székely, Paul, Cogălniceanu, Dan, Székely, Diana, Páez, Nadia, Ron, Santiago R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551223
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9121
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author Székely, Paul
Cogălniceanu, Dan
Székely, Diana
Páez, Nadia
Ron, Santiago R.
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description Abstract. A new species of Pristimantis is described from Reserva Buenaventura, southern Ecuador, at elevations between 878 and 1082 m. A molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes shows that the new species is closely related to Pristimantis phoxocephalus, Pristimantis riveti, and Pristimantis versicolor. The new species differs from them and other morphologically similar congeners in having a low W-shaped dermal ridge in the scapular region, a large conical tubercle on the upper eyelid and on the heel, a thin mid dorsal fold, and a longitudinal lateral fold starting behind the tympanic fold and extending along the anterior two thirds of the flank. The new species inhabits cloud forests in the Pacific slopes of the Andes.
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spelling pubmed-49780122016-08-22 A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae) Székely, Paul Cogălniceanu, Dan Székely, Diana Páez, Nadia Ron, Santiago R. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new species of Pristimantis is described from Reserva Buenaventura, southern Ecuador, at elevations between 878 and 1082 m. A molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes shows that the new species is closely related to Pristimantis phoxocephalus, Pristimantis riveti, and Pristimantis versicolor. The new species differs from them and other morphologically similar congeners in having a low W-shaped dermal ridge in the scapular region, a large conical tubercle on the upper eyelid and on the heel, a thin mid dorsal fold, and a longitudinal lateral fold starting behind the tympanic fold and extending along the anterior two thirds of the flank. The new species inhabits cloud forests in the Pacific slopes of the Andes. Pensoft Publishers 2016-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4978012/ /pubmed/27551223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9121 Text en Paul Székely, Dan Cogălniceanu, Diana Székely, Nadia Páez, Santiago R. Ron http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Székely, Paul
Cogălniceanu, Dan
Székely, Diana
Páez, Nadia
Ron, Santiago R.
A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title_full A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title_fullStr A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title_short A new species of Pristimantis from southern Ecuador (Anura, Craugastoridae)
title_sort new species of pristimantis from southern ecuador (anura, craugastoridae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551223
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9121
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