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Published: 2006-04-10
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A new species of frog (genus Eleutherodactylus) from a cloud forest in Western Colombia

Ecologist, Carrera 61 Nº 18-16 Cali, Colombia
Associate Professor, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Amphibia Anura Cauca Colombia Eleutherodactylus La Romelia Munchique National Park new species

Abstract

A new species of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) is described from a cloud forest in western Departamento del Cauca, in Munchique National Park, sector La Romelia, between 2550 and 2750 m., and E. hectus is verified for the region.

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