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Issue: Vol. 2413 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2413.1.3
Page range: 37–50
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Anomaloglossus) from the Orinoquian rainforest, southern Venezuela

Fundación AndígenA, Apartado postal 210, 5101-A Mérida, Venezuela
University of Texas at Austin, Integrative Biology, 1 University Station C0930 Austin TX 78705, USA
Division of Evolutionary Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Amphibia Dendrobatidae Anomaloglossus Venezuela Guiana Shield

Abstract

A new species of Anomaloglossus is described from the Venezuelan Guayana; it is the 21 st described species of Anomaloglossus from the Guiana Shield, and the 15 th from Venezuela. This species inhabits rainforest on granitic substrate on the northwestern edge of the Guiana Shield (Estado Amazonas, Venezuela). The new species is distinguished from congeners by sexual dimorphism, its unique male color pattern (including two bright orange parotoid marks and two orange paracloacal spots on dark brown background), call characteristics and other morphological features. Though to the new species is known only from the northwestern edge of the Guiana Shield, its distribution may be more extensive, as there are no significant biogeographic barriers isolating the type locality from the granitic lowlands of Venezuela.

References

  1. Anomaloglossus ayarzaguenai: MHNLS 12950-51 (paratypes) (central sector of Cerro Jaua); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

    Anomaloglossus beebei: KU 69708 (Rupununi, N Acarahy Mts, W New River); Guyana.

    Anomaloglossus breweri: MHNLS 17044 (holotype) and MHNLS 17045-47 (paratypes) (Cueva del Fantasma, northwestern slope of Aprada tepui, 05º 27’ N, 62º 27’W, 660 m); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus degranvillei: KU 220993-97 (Marowijne, central Lely Mts, headwaters of Djoeka creek); Suriname.

    Anomaloglossus guanayensis (MHNLS 10708) (holotype) (Alto Río Parguaza, Serranía de Guanay); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

    Anomaloglossus parkerae: MBUCV 6642 (3 specimens) (Salto El Danto, La Escalera, Sierra de Lema); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus moffetti: EBRG 4645–51 (southern slope of Sarisariñama-tepui, Camp IV, 4º29’ N, 64º8’ W, elev. 1108 m); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus murisipanensis: MHNLS 11385 (holotype) (Murisipan-tepui, 2350 m); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus praderioi: MHNLS 11272 (paratype) (Monte Roraima, 1800 m, Gran Sabana); Estado Bolivar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus shrevei: MBUCV 6687-8 (Cerro Duida, 1000 m); MHNLS 13910-11 (Cuerpo Circular, Alto Orinoco); Estado Amazonas, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus tepuyensis: EBRG 2694, EBRG 2701-2 (Auyan-tepui, camp 4., 5º58’N-62º33’W, 1600 m); CVULA 7286-87 (Auyan-tepui, El Peñón, 1700 m); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus triunfo: EBRG 4756-4759; CVULA 6521-26; MBUCV 6585, 6667 (Cerro Santa Rosa, Serranía del Supamo); Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.

    Anomaloglossus verbeeksnyderorum: see type series.

    Anomaloglossus wothuja: MBUCV 6689-90; EBRG 4760-61 (Base of Cerro Sipapo, Tobogán del Cuao); Estado Amazonas, Venezuela.