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1 December 2007 THREE NEW SPECIES OF PRISTIMANTIS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM THE CORDILLERA DE HUANCABAMBA IN NORTHERN PERU
Edgar Lehr, César Aguilar, Karen Siu-Ting, Juan Carlos Jordán
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Abstract

Three new species of Pristimantis are described from montane forests and páramos at elevations of 1900–3200 m in the Cordillera de Huancabamba in the northern Peruvian departamentos de Cajamarca and Piura. The new species are assigned to the Pristimantis unistrigatus Group and are compared with species from southern Ecuador and northern Peru. One of the new species has a black W-shaped occipital fold, and the groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thigh, the concealed surface of tarsus, and axilla are blackish brown with yellowish-orange or reddish-orange flecks. The second species has an olive green dorsum with black and brown flecks, and a yellow groin and the anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs are yellow. Another species is unique in having blue flecks in the groin and on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the thigh and ventral surfaces of the shank.

Edgar Lehr, César Aguilar, Karen Siu-Ting, and Juan Carlos Jordán "THREE NEW SPECIES OF PRISTIMANTIS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM THE CORDILLERA DE HUANCABAMBA IN NORTHERN PERU," Herpetologica 63(4), 519-536, (1 December 2007). https://doi.org/10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[519:TNSOPA]2.0.CO;2
Accepted: 1 July 2007; Published: 1 December 2007
KEYWORDS
Anura
Huancabamba Depression
Leptodactylidae
new species
Peru
Pristimantis
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