Rulyrana erminea (Torres-Gastello, Suárez-Segovia and Cisneros-Heredia, 2007) (Anura: Centrolenidae): distribution and range extension, Peru

By

Mercado, Daniel Alcides Rodríguez

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012-9-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

894--895

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/8.5.894

 

Abstract

Rulyrana erminea is an endemic glass frog from Peru associated to rainforests, bamboo forests, streams and converted areas. Previously, the species was known from a single female specimen. Herein, I report four additional specimens from three new localities, among them the first male specimens and the first record for the Department of Cusco, the new southernmost record for the species, extending its distribution 111.5 km airline to the south. The species is recorded between 370 – 870 m a.s.l. One specimen was found inside the Machiguenga Communal Reserve.