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TABLE 1. Habitat types where H. regalis was recorded in two localities in the Nangaritza Valley, Zamora Chinchipe 
Province, southeast Ecuador. 
Above Miazi 
Above Yankuam 
Elevation (m asl) 
Terrain 
Dense foothill forest 
Dense lower montane 
forest 
1 female/1 male 
1 female/2 males 
1,250/1,300 
1,550-1,650 
Slopes 
Slopes 
Stunted shrubland and 
paramo-like habitat 
1 female 
1 female/4 males 
1,300 at Miazi, 1,800- 
1,850 at Yankuam 
Ridgetop 
story. This was the only individual observed 
despite considerable mist-netting and point-count 
sampling at this locality. 
A female was mist-netted at 1,250 m elevation 
on the slopes of a sandstone mountain above 
Yankuam Lodge (04° 15' 7.2" S, 78°40' 1.2" W) 
on 15 April 2009, and a male was observed 
feeding at mid-strata in dense foothill forest 
characterized by 15-25 m canopy height, and 
dominated by several species of Rubiaceae, 
Euphorbiaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrsinaceae, 
Clusiaceae, Meliaceae, and Podocarpaceae with 
9537000 
9534000 
9531000 
9528000 
9525000 
■ Stunted shrubland 
Dense lower mountain forest 
I I Dense foothill mountain forest 
{and other types of vegetation) 
—Minor water courses 
Major water courses 
- ■ ■ - Tepuis of Nangaritza 
UTM Zone 18 S (WGS84) 
Mangas Valley afsoutheast "*** “ 
