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Issue: Vol. 1990 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1990.1.2
Page range: 30–40
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of northern Peru (Region Loreto and San Martín)

Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley. 3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg #3140, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Herpetología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Ap. 14-0434, Lima, Peru
Amphibia Amazonian lowlands Pristimantis new species Region Loreto Region San Martín

Abstract

A new species of Pristimantis from the Amazonian lowlands of northern Peru (Regions of Loreto and San Martín) is described. The new species has a snout-vent length of 32.6–36.5 mm (n = 3) in adult females, and 20.0–25.1 mm (n = 4) in adult males. It differs from all Pristimantis of the Amazonian lowlands in having a contrasting life coloration pattern of black with white or whitish blue blotches in axilla, groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs and concealed surfaces of the tibia.

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