Herpetofauna of the Bilsa Biological Station, province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

By

Ortega-Andrade, H. Mauricio
Bermingham, Juliet
Aulestia, Carlos
Paucar, Christian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010-3-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

6

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

119--154

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.1.119

 

Abstract

The Bilsa Biological Station is located on the Mache-Chindul mountains and protects some of the last rainforest remnants in the province of Esmeraldas, northwestern Ecuador. Since 2004, we have been inventorying the amphibians and reptiles of Bilsa. We found 109 species of herpetofauna (37 amphibians and 72 reptiles), representing 8 % and 18 % of the known species from Ecuador, respectively. We report distribution extensions for Sachatamia albomaculata, Hyalinobatrachium valerioi, Pristimantis muricatus, and P. rosadoi, and report the presence of several putatively undescribed species. We propose the Mache–Chindul mountains as a Key Biodiversity Area within the West Ecuadorian Endemic Area.