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Issue: Vol. 1285 No. 1: 11 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1285.1.4
Page range: 51–64
Abstract views: 110
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Andes of northern Peru

Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, Kansas 66045
Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Asociación Cracidae Peru (www.pavaaliblanca.org), Torres Paz 708, Chiclayo, Peru
Amphibia Leptodactylidae Eleutherodactylus orestes Group Andes northern Peru

Abstract

Two new sympatric species assignable to the Eleutherodactylus orestes Group were discovered in the northern part of the Cordillera Central of the Andes in northern Peru. One of the new species differs from all other members of the group by having conical tubercles on the eyelids and heels; the other species differs by having a white groin with brown marks.

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