Pristimantis tinguichaca Brito, Ojala-Barbour, Batallas & Almendariz, 2016 (Anura, Strabomantidae): range extension and notes on variation in color pattern

By

Franco-Mena, Daniela
Reyes-Puig, Juan Pablo
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H. (Mario Humberto)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-9-27

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

857--862

Subjects

eastern Andes , endemic species , Llanganates–Sangay ecological corridor , Terrarana , upper Pastaza watershed

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.857

 

Abstract

In this paper we extend the known distribution of the endemic and recently described Pristimantis tinguichaca Brito et al. 2016, a terrestrial robber frog characterized by its beige and brown to dark-brown dorsal coloration, flanks with longitudinal or diagonal cream-coloured bands which are separated by brown, and reddish iris. The new records, based on two specimens collected from the Cerro Candelaria and Cerro Mayordomo reserves of Fundación Ecominga in the upper Pastaza River watershed, Tungurahua province, east-central Ecuador, represent the northern limit of the species and extend this species to the Llanganates–Sangay ecological corridor.