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

By

Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan Carlos
Celi-Piedra, Elvis
Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina
Urgilés, Verónica L.
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H. (Mario Humberto)
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

751

Pages

113-128

Subjects

Andes , glandular frog , Páramo , Pristimantis erythros sp. n , rana glandular , Taxonomía , taxonomy , Terrarana

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20541

 

Abstract

A new species ofPristimantisis 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 thePristimantisorcesigroup, and may suggest a close phylogenetic relationship. The new species could be a latitudinal substitution ofPristimantisorcesiin the southern Andes of Ecuador.