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Issue: Vol. 1674 No. 1: 7 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1674.1.4
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A new peculiar frog species of the genus Pristimantis from Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Peru

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, via San Francesco di Sales 188, I-10022 Carmagnola (Torino), Italy.
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, via De Pisis 24, I-44100 Ferrara.
Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l’Ambiente, corso Casale 476, I-10132 Torino, Italy.
Amphibia Anura Leptodactylidae Pristimantis New species Andes Peru Cordillera Yanachaga-Chemillén

Abstract

We describe a new species of frog, Pristimantis leucorrhinus sp. nov., from the Cordillera Yanachaga, YanachagaChemillén National Park, on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Central Peru. The new species belongs to the P. unistrigatus group and is characterized by the absence of a tympanum, the presence of horn-like tubercles on upper eyelids and a characteristic colour pattern.

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