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Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 3: 17 Nov. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-11-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.9
Page range: 590–594
Abstract views: 92
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Redescription, distribution and mating call of Pristimantis colomai (Lynch and Duellman, 1997) (Anura, Craugastoridae)

Grupo de investigación Laboratorio de Herpetología, Departamento de Ciencias fisiológicas, Universidad del Valle, A.A. 25360, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Laboratório de herpetologia e comportamento animal, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Goiás, ICB IV, Caixa Postal 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Grupo de investigación Laboratorio de Herpetología, Departamento de Ciencias fisiológicas, Universidad del Valle, A.A. 25360, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil.
División de Herpetología, Sección Vertebrados, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, Casilla Postal 17-07-8976. Quito, Ecuador.
Amphibia Anura Craugastoridae

Abstract

We redescribe Pristimantis colomai (Lynch & Duellman, 1997) on the basis of new specimens from Colombia and Ecuador. Also provide a new diagnosis, reassess its distribution, and describe the mating call for the first time. Besides the data in the original description, only is available for this species: (i) new records from Ecuador (Yánez-Muñoz et al. 2011) and (ii) molecular phylogenetic inferences that place this species in the Pristimantis ridens series (Hedges et al. 2008; Padial et al. 2014). Pristimantis colomai is currently classified as endangered due to its restrict distribution and habitat quality (Castro et al. 2004).

 

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