Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology

Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig; Miguel Urgilés-Merchán; Daniela Franco-Mena; Juan M. Guayasamin; Diego Batallas; Carolina Reyes-Puig

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1180.107333

Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology

Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Miguel Urgilés-Merchán, Daniela Franco-Mena, Juan M. Guayasamin, Diego Batallas, Carolina Reyes-Puig

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The explosive diversity of rainfrogs (Pristimantis spp) reaches its highest levels in the mountains of the Tropical Andes, with remarkable cryptic species mainly in unexplored areas of Ecuador. Based on phylogenetics, morphometric traits, skull osteology and bioacoustics, we describe two new species of Pristimantis, previously confused with Pristimantis gladiator, that belong to the subgenus Trachyphrynus traditionally known as the Pristimantis myersi species group. The two new taxa are closely related, but have allopatric distributions. We discuss the importance of the Quijos and Pastaza River val-leys in the diversification along Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-293
Number of pages	37
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2023
Issue number	1180
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.107333
State	Published - 26 Sep 2023

Keywords

Cryptic species
Ecuadorian Andean slopes
Pristimantis taxonomy
osteology

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Reyes-Puig, J. P., Urgilés-Merchán, M., Franco-Mena, D., Guayasamin, J. M., Batallas, D., & Reyes-Puig, C. (2023). Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology. ZooKeys, 2023(1180), 257-293. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.107333

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Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology. / Reyes-Puig, Juan Pablo; Urgilés-Merchán, Miguel; Franco-Mena, Daniela et al.
In: ZooKeys, Vol. 2023, No. 1180, 26.09.2023, p. 257-293.

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