Notes on the distribution of Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador

By

Urgilés, Verónica L.
Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan Carlos
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-7-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

121--125

Subjects

Amphibia , Andes , Anura , elevation , Hemiphractidae , new records , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.121

 

Abstract

We present new information on the distribution of the marsupial frog Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador. We provide the first record from the province of Cañar, and the southernmost locality for Ecuador (which also corresponds to the third known report from the province of Zamora-Chinchipe). In addition, we review the elevation range of the species, and propose to change the lowest elevation limit of G. testudinea from 1100 to 700 m.