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Issue: Vol. 1278 No. 1: 3 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1278.1.2
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 19

Distribution and morphological variation of Eleutherodactylus mercedesae Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) with first record for Peru

1Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Amphibia Eleutherodactylus mercedesae Anura Leptodactylidae Bolivia Peru distribution variation

Abstract

We report new distributional information for Eleutherodactylus mercedesae in Bolivia, and provide the first record for Peru based on an adult female. This species, previously endemic to Bolivia, now ranges across about 1000 km in cloud forests on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes from southern Peru to central Bolivia. We provide the first morphological description of females based on two specimens, compare them with the male type and paratype, add some observations to the original description, and comment on variation in the species.

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