A new Terrarana frog of genus Pristimantis from an unexplored cloud forest from the eastern Andes, Colombia

By

Acosta-Galvis, Andrés Rymel
Saldarriaga, Ana María
Ramírez, Beatriz H.
Vargas Vargas, Mario

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

961

Pages

129--156

Subjects

Casanare , cis-andean , Cordillera Oriental , diversity , Phylogeny , South America , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.51971

 

Abstract

A new species ofPristimantis(Craugastoridae, subgenus Pristimantis) is described from a relict and unexplored cloud forest in the western slope from Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes. The specific name was chosen by consensus expert scientists and local people.Pristimantis chamezensissp. nov.is easily distinguished from congeneric species by having a gray iris with black reticulations in life, subconical tubercles on the upper eyelid, the chin edged with irregular, dark-brown blotches, and conical heel tubercles. The phylogenetic analyses suggest that the origin and radiation of its clade may have occurred in the highlands. With the description ofP. chamezensissp. nov., we identify 14 species distributed throughout the eastern slope of the Andes that are associated with the Orinoco Basin.