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Issue: Vol. 2227 No. 1: 10 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.3
Page range: 53–62
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Teratohyla Taylor (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) from north-western Ecuador

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas & Ambientales, Calle Diego de Robles y Via. Interoceánica, Campus Cumbayá, Edif. Charles Darwin, DW010, Quito, Ecuador Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Sección Vertebrados, División de Herpetología, Quito, Ecuador King's College London, Department of Geography, Strand, London, UK
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Sección Vertebrados, División de Herpetología, Quito, Ecuador
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Sección Vertebrados, División de Herpetología, Quito, Ecuador Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Veracruz, México
Amphibia Centrolenidae new species taxonomy Teratohyla sornozai sp. nov. Ecuador

Abstract

We describe a new species of Glassfrog of the family Centrolenidae. This new taxon, Terarohyla sornozai sp. nov., is diagnosed by having a protruding snout in lateral profile, uniform green dorsal colouration in life, concealed prepollex, extensive webbing between the outer fingers, fully webbed toes, and small body size. It inhabits the Non-Seasonal Evergreen Foothill and Lowland forests in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Imbabura, and Pichincha, north-western Ecuador.

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