Pristimantis achupalla sp. n., a new minute species of direct-developing frog (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) inhabiting bromeliads of the montane forest of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

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Alex Ttito¹  Alessandro Catenazzi⁴ 

[1] Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile;Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú;Museo de Historia Natural del Cusco, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco;Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University;Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad;Instituto Peruano de Herpetología

关键词: Frog;    Taxonomy;    16S rRNA;    Andes;    Carabaya;    Cloud forest;    Bromeliads;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.11878

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

We describe a new species of bromeliad-dwelling Pristimantis from primary montane forest (2,225 m a.s.l.) in southern Peru. The type locality is near Thiuni, in the Department of Puno (province of Carabaya) in the upper watershed of a tributary of the Inambari River. Pristimantis achupalla sp. n. is characterized by a snout-vent length of 10.0–12.8 mm in adult males (n = 4), unknown in adult females, and is compared morphologically and genetically with species in the Pristimantis lacrimosus group, and with other similar species of Pristimantis. The new species is characterized by having skin on dorsum and flanks rugose, green brownish color, distinctive scapular folds, subacuminate or acuminate snout profile, upper eyelid bearing two or three subconical tubercles and some rounded tubercles, rostral papilla, flanks light brown to brown, with irregular dark brown marks.

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