TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador
AU - Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C.
AU - Celi-Piedra, Elvis
AU - Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina
AU - Urgiles, Verónica L.
AU - Yánez-Muñoz, Mario
AU - Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela et al.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Andes
KW - Glandular frog
KW - Paramo
KW - Pristimantis erythros sp. n.
KW - Taxonomy
KW - Terrarana
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045895018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.751.20541
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.751.20541
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85045895018
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2018
SP - 113
EP - 128
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 751
ER -