A NEW SPECIES OF IGUANIAN LIZARD (STENOCERCUS) FROM THE WESTERN LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR AND NORTHERN PERU

Herpetologica ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Torres-Carvajal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Systematics of Huicundomantis, a new subgenus of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) with extraordinary cryptic diversity and eleven new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 1-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia B. Páez ◽  
Santiago R. Ron
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
A New Species

Pristimantis is the most diverse genus of tetrapods comprising 532 described species. It contains a large number of morphologically cryptic species that are being discovered with the assistance of genetic evidence. We use molecular, morphological, bioacoustic, and environmental data to assess the phylogenetic relationships and determine the species within an Andean clade of Pristimantis, which is distributed from central Ecuador to northern Peru. We assign to this clade the name Huicundomantis and propose it as a subgenus. Our results show that Huicundomantis is composed of two large clades which we name as the P.phoxocephalus species group and the P.cryptomelas species group. Huicundomantis is composed of 28 species of which 12 have been described and 16 are new. We describe 11 of these undescribed species. The most effective characters to discriminate among species are DNA sequences, qualitative morphology, and advertisement calls. Morphometric and environmental characters are not very useful to define species limits. We clarify the identity of P.riveti and show that populations from southern Ecuador traditionally ascribed to P.riveti are a new species, P.lutzaesp. nov. We also show that P.prometeii is a junior synonym of P.hampatusami. The current diversity and geographic distribution of Huicundomantis are consistent with a model of allopatric speciation. All species have a restricted distribution range (less than 4330 km2) and are assigned to the Red List categories Data Deficient or threatened with extinction. We provide new reasons to increase conservation efforts for these species and their habitat. Taking our results into account, Pristimantis species richness in Ecuador increases from 211 to 221 species, and the number of species endemic to Ecuador from 119 to 129.

scholarly journals Vochysia tepuiandina (Vochysiaceae), a new species from the sub Andean Cordillera forests

Webbia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Andean Cordillera ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Amazonian Forests ◽  
A New Species

Vochysia tepuiandina is here described and illustrated. It occurs in southern Ecuador and northern Peru, and is associated with the disjunct “Andean Tepuis” forests found within the Andean piedmont and of the Amazonian forests. This species is placed in the Vochysia section Ciliantha subsection Ferrugineae. It is compared with the similar species V. angustifolia and V. sprucei.

Miconia canoi (Melastomataceae, Miconieae), a new species from southern Ecuador and northern Peru.

Brittonia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Fabián A. Michelangeli ◽  
Diego Paredes-Burneo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

Sedum hutchisonii a New Species from Northern Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Pino ◽  
Nelson Cieza Padilla
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Salvia celendina (Lamiaceae), a new species from Peru

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. I. Wood ◽  
Rolando Uría
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

SummaryA new species of Salvia (S. celendina J.R.I.Wood & Uría) is described from the Marañón valley hotspot in northern Peru. The new species is illustrated with photographs and its distribution is mapped. Notes on its cultivation and distinctive characteristics are provided.

scholarly journals An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Lourdes Y. Echevarría ◽  
Pablo J. Venegas ◽  
Luis A. García-Ayachi ◽  
Pedro M. Sales Nunes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Andes ◽  
New States ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Selvasaura from the montane forests of the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru, based on external and hemipenial morphological characters and previous phylogenetic analyses. The new species can be differentiated from the other two Selvasaura species in having keeled dorsal scales usually flanked by longitudinal striations, in adults and juveniles; adult males with a yellow vertebral stripe bordered by broad dark brown stripes on each side and a unilobed hemipenis surrounded by the branches of the sulcus spermaticus. The description of the new species contributes information about new states of diagnostic characters of Selvasaura and natural history.

scholarly journals A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7886
Author(s):  
Gavin J. Svenson ◽  
Henrique M. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
The Status ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A wasp mimicking praying mantis (Mantodea) of the early evolving Mantoididae family was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in Northern Peru. This adult specimen exhibited a striking bright red/orange and black coloration pattern that was undocumented in all known praying mantis species. We tested the status of this new specimen using external morphology, male genital dissections, and geographic distribution. Our findings demonstrate the specimen to represent a new species, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov., that is closely allied with a recently described species, Mantoida toulgoeti Roy, 2010, both of which are included within the newly erected genus. To support our actions, we present high resolution images of museum preserved and living specimens, morphological illustrations, a generic-level distribution map, and recorded video of the behavior of the holotype taken in the field at the time of collection. The bright red/orange coloration contrasted with black markings, the general appearance of a hymenopteran that includes a narrowed wasp waist, and the locomotory patterns and antennal movements mark this newly discovered species as unique among all hymenopteran mimicking Mantoididae as well as all other praying mantises.

Epidendrum choccei (Orchidaceae), a new species from Northern Peru

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 394 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
MARGOTH ACUÑA-TARAZONA ◽  
ERIC HAGSATER ◽  
ELIZABETH SANTIAGO AYALA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

Epidendrum choccei, new species of Orchidaceae, from Northern Peru is here described, illustrated and compared with most similar species.

A new, high-elevation glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from Manu National Park, southern Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3388 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI ◽  
RUDOLF VON MAY ◽  
EDGAR LEHR ◽  
GIUSSEPE GAGLIARDI-URRUTIA ◽  
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of glassfrog from the cloud forest of Manu National Park, southern Peru, at elevations of 2750–2800m. The new species is similar in morphology to Centrolene lemniscatum, which occurs in northern Peru at elevations of2000–2280 m. Both species have white labial stripes, humeral spines, and lack vomerine teeth. The new species differs from C.lemniscatum by its larger size, labial stripe extending into a distinct lateral stripe instead of a discontinuous lateral stripe, snoutprofile inclined anteroventrally instead of bluntly rounded, greater depression in the internarial area, and by having stronglyprotruding nostrils. Males of the new species emit long calls with 8–14 peaked notes, instead of a short tonal note in C. lemnis-catum. Another morphologically similar species, C. buckleyi, has a short advertisement call composed of 1–5 notes, and isgenetically distinct from the new species. This new Centrolene extends the known distribution of Centrolene to the south by 600 km, and is the southernmost species of this genus.

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