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.
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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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author Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C.
Celi-Piedra, Elvis
Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina
Urgiles, Verónica L.
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
author_facet Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C.
Celi-Piedra, Elvis
Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina
Urgiles, Verónica L.
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
author_sort Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-59232162018-04-30 A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C. Celi-Piedra, Elvis Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina Urgiles, Verónica L. Yánez-Muñoz, Mario Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F. Zookeys Research Article 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. Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5923216/ /pubmed/29713233 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20541 Text en Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Elvis Celi-Piedra, Valentina Posse-Sarmiento, Verónica L. Urgiles, Mario Yánez-Muñoz, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia 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.
spellingShingle Research Article
Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C.
Celi-Piedra, Elvis
Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina
Urgiles, Verónica L.
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title_full A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title_fullStr A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title_short A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
title_sort new species of pristimantis (anura, craugastoridae) from the cajas massif, southern ecuador
topic Research Article
url 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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