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

Abstract. A new species of Pristimantis is described from the highland paramos on the eastern slopes of the Cajas Massif, southern Andes of Ecuador, at 3400 m. This new species is characterized by having a distinctive reddish color, cutaneous macroglands in suprascapular region and surfaces of arm a...

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Autores principales: Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C., Celi-Piedra, Elvis, Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina, Urgiles, Verónica L., Yánez-Muñoz, Mario, Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713233
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20541
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Sumario:Abstract. A new species of Pristimantis is described from the highland paramos on the eastern slopes of the Cajas Massif, southern Andes of Ecuador, at 3400 m. This new species is characterized by having a distinctive reddish color, cutaneous macroglands in suprascapular region and surfaces of arm and legs, and by lacking dentigerous processes of vomers. The cutaneous macroglands are similar to those exhibited by several species of the Pristimantis orcesi group, and may suggest a close phylogenetic relationship. The new species could be a latitudinal substitution of Pristimantis orcesi in the southern Andes of Ecuador.

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