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Issue: Vol. 1621 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1621.1.4
Page range: 45–54
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the Pristimantis orestes Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Occidental in northern Peru

Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Gunther Köhler, Sektion Herpetologie, Forschungsinstitut und Naturkunde Museum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Anura Cordillera Occidental new species nuptial pads Peru Pristimantis Pristimantis orestes species Group

Abstract

We describe a new species of the Pristimantis orestes Group from cloud forest at 1700–1800 m in the Cordillera Occidental in northern Peru (Departamento de Cajamarca). The type series comprises one adult female and three males. The new species has a maximum snout vent-length of 29.4 mm, a long snout, dentigerous processes of vomers present, discs on outer fingers broadly expanded, males that have vocal slits present and nuptial pads absent, and a distinct color pattern consisting of tan blotches and spots on a brown venter, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs, concealed surfaces of the shanks, and axilla and groin, dark brown with tan blotches and spots. The Pristimantis orestes Group contains 12 species, of which nine occur in the Cordillera Occidental in northern Peru. Nuptial pads as diagnostic characters in Pristimantis are briefly discussed.

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