A new minute Andean Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Venezuela

Authors

  • Cesar L. Barrio-Amorós Instituto de Biología Tropical
  • Juan Manuel Guayasamin Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y el Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
  • S. Blair Hedges Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v11i2p83-93

Keywords:

Andes, Colombia, new species, Pristimantis unistrigatus

Abstract

A new species of Pristimantis is described from the Venezuelan Andes. The new species is the smallest in its genus known in Venezuela and belongs to the Pristimantis unistrigatus Group. It differs from the rest of the Venezuelan Andean congeners in body size (mean male SVL < 21.3 mm, female SVL < 26.3 mm), expanded discs on fingers and toes, absence of dorsolateral folds, and a distinctive call consisting in 2-5 cricket-like short notes. The new species inhabits the southwestern part of the Cordillera de Mérida in Venezuela and the Venezuelan sid of the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia, and could be present on the Colombian portion of the cordillera as well.

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Published

2012-12-08

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Barrio-Amorós, C. L., Guayasamin, J. M., & Hedges, S. B. (2012). A new minute Andean Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Venezuela. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 11(2), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v11i2p83-93