First report of partial leucism in the poison frog Epipedobates anthonyi (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in El Oro, Ecuador

Brito Zapata David

doi:10.1080/23766808.2020.1870256

First report of partial leucism in the poison frog Epipedobates anthonyi (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in El Oro, Ecuador

Brito Zapata David^*

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Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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Abstract

The poison frog Epipedobates anthonyi is a species of the Dendrobatidae family distributed in a restricted area in Ecuador and Peru; it has high chromatic variation in Ecuadorian populations. An individual with partial leucism was registered in the Province of El Oro-Ecuador. It is the first case formally reported from this species and in the country. This note describes the record and presents photographs to compare a leucistic individual with one with the normal coloration of the area.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neotropical Biodiversity
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2020.1870256
State	Published - 2021

Keywords

Amphibian
chromatic abnormality
coloration
depigmentation

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First report of partial leucism in the poison frog Epipedobates anthonyi (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in El Oro, Ecuador

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