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

By

Székely, Paul-Jozsef
Cogălniceanu, Dan
Székely, Diana
Paez, Nadia
Ron, Santiago R.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

606

Pages

77-97

Subjects

Anura , Craugastoridae , Pristimantis prometeii sp. n , Reserva Buenaventura

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9121

 

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 P. phoxocephalus, P. riveti, and P. 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.