A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Pui Pui Protected Forest (central Peru), with comments on Pristimantis albertus Duellman & Hedges, 2007

By

Moravec, Jiří 1958-
Lehr, Edgar 1969-
Kodejš, Karel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

994

Pages

125--148

Subjects

Andes , anuran diversity , montane rainforests , P. sagittulus , P. ventrimarmoratus , Pristimantis sinschi sp. nov

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.994.56277

 

Abstract

We describe a newPristimantisspecies from the eastern Andes, Región Junín, Peru following an integrative taxonomic approach. The description is based on three adult males (snout-vent length 25.7–28.8 mm) collected in two montane forests between 1615 and 1800 m a.s.l. in the Pui Pui Protected Forest and its close surroundings. The new species is mainly characterised by absence of tympanum, presence of inner tarsal fold, broad horizontal red band across iris, ventre mottled black and cream and ventral surfaces of thighs salmon and grey mottled. Amongst the Amazonian and montane forestPristimantisthat have the ventre and groin contrastingly black and cream mottled,P. sinschisp. nov.is morphologically most similar toP. lindaeandP. ventrimarmoratus. However, DNA barcoding revealed a clear distinction between these three species and placedP. sinschisp. nov.as sister taxon ofP. lindae. We designate a lectotype forP. ventrimarmoratusand restrict the type locality of this species to “El Topo, R. Pastaza, [Provincia Tungurahua,] E. Ecuador, 4200 feet”.Pristimantis albertusandP. sagittulusare recorded for the first time in the Región Junín. Additional data on morphology and systematics are provided forP. albertus.