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Issue: Vol. 1278 No. 1: 3 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1278.1.3
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 23

A new species of arboreal toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Chaunus) from Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Anura Bufonidae Chaunus veraguensis group Bolivia Andes humid montane forest new species

Abstract

A new arboreal species of the Chaunus veraguensis group is described for the humid montane forest of Madidi National Park, in northern Bolivia. The new species differs from other species in the group by the combination small size, long and slender extremities, webbed hands, conspicuous tympanic membrane, well developed parotoid glands, absence of large glands on dorsum and extremities, nuptial excrescences of males composed of pungent spines on dorsal surface of thumb, greenish-brown coloration on dorsum with red warts in life, and green iris. It is only known from two nearby localities in the Serranía Eslabón, Department La Paz. An operational key for species in the C. veraguensis group is provided.

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