Abstract
Hemiphractid frogs of the genus Cryptobatrachus are nearly exclusive to Colombia and are distributed over an altitudinal range between 360 and 2400 meters on the three cordilleras and the massif of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. To the three species currently recognized, three additional species are named (C. conditus, C. pedroruizi, and C. ruthveni). The genus is monophyletic and all but the cis-Andean C. nicefori form a clade (defined by the presence of adhesive pads on some subarticular tubercles of the hand and foot). All but C. fuhrmanni and C. nicefori form an additional clade in northern Colombia. Two (or three) species are found on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and two other species are found on the Serranía de Perijá. The most widely distributed species (C. fuhrmanni) occurs on all three Andean cordilleras without apparent geographic variation.References
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