A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador

Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela; Elvis Celi-Piedra; Valentina Posse-Sarmiento; Verónica L. Urgiles; Mario Yánez-Muñoz; Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

doi:10.3897/zookeys.751.20541

A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador

Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela^*
, Elvis Celi-Piedra
, Valentina Posse-Sarmiento
, Verónica L. Urgiles
, Mario Yánez-Muñoz
, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad del Azuay
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
University of Central Florida
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
King's College London

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A new species of Pristimantis is described from the highland paramos on the eastern slopes of the Cajas Massif, southern Andes of Ecuador, at 3400 m. This new species is characterized by having a distinctive reddish color, cutaneous macroglands in suprascapular region and surfaces of arm and legs, and by lacking dentigerous processes of vomers. The cutaneous macroglands are similar to those exhibited by several species of the Pristimantis orcesi group, and may suggest a close phylogenetic relationship. The new species could be a latitudinal substitution of Pristimantis orcesi in the southern Andes of Ecuador.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-128
Number of pages	16
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2018
Issue number	751
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20541
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

Andes
Glandular frog
Paramo
Pristimantis erythros sp. n.
Taxonomy
Terrarana

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A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador

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