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Issue: Vol. 1284 No. 1: 11 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1284.1.3
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

The taxonomic status of Phrynopus pereger Lynch 1975 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Present address: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Division of Herpetology, The University of Kansas, Jayhawk Boulevard 1345, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561, U.S.A. 2Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Herpetología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Ap. 14-0434, Lima, Peru
Amphibia Eleutherodactylus pereger new combination Anura Phrynopus Peru Andes cloud forests

Abstract

Live and freshly preserved specimens of Phrynopus pereger have terminal discs with a small, papilla-like projection and weak, interrupted circumferential grooves separating the disc from a pad. Based on external morphological and osteological characters Phrynopus pereger is transferred to Eleutherodactylus. Information on its natural history and distribution, and photos in life are provided. All Peruvian Phrynopus (except P. pereger) occur at elevations between 2600 and 4400 m.

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