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Issue: Vol. 5150 No. 4: 9 Jun. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.2
Page range: 487-515
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Two new surprising species of leaf-litter toad of the Rhinella margaritifera species group (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Peruvian Amazon, Loreto—Peru

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento académico de ecología y fauna, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana-UNAP. Av. Grau 1072, Iquitos, Perú.
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Dirección de Investigación en Diversidad Biológica Terrestre Amazónica. Av. Abelardo Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Perú.
Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências, Campus do Pici, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil.
Unidade Descentralizada de Campos Sales, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Campos Sales, Ceará, Brazil.
Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Mini–Campus, Coroado I, 69077–000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia, Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Mini–Campus, Coroado I, 69077–000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Department of Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
Amphibia Amazonia cryptic species conservation leaf litter frog

Abstract

We describe two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the department of Loreto, Peru. We integrate morphological and phylogenetic analyses to provide evidence of new species. R. angeli sp. nov. is diagnosable from all congeners by its pronounced fleshy proboscis and R. unapensis sp. nov. by the small size (mean snout-vent length=37.7 ± 4.1 mm) of adult males, snout pointed in dorsal view, nearly acute in lateral view, and small bony protrusion at the angle of jaws among other characters. The two species are allopatric, where the first species is known to be associated inhabits upland (=terra firme) forests, while the second white sand forests (=varillales) around Iquitos city. The two new species represent the 20th and 21st species of the Rhinella margaritifera species group.

 

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