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Issue: Vol. 1675 No. 1: 9 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1675.1.4
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new minute species of Phrynopus (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Cordillera oriental in Peru

Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA.
Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA.
Amphibia Phrynopus new species Andes central Peru

Abstract

Two small new species of terrestrial frogs of the genus Phrynopus are described from the Andes in the Departament of Pasco in central Peru. The presence of a tympanum in one species is shared with P. peruanus. The second species shares characters with the larger P. dagmarae from the Departament of Huánuco. The new species are the smallest known members of the genus.

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