scholarly journals A new minute species of Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura: Craugastoridae) with a large head from the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park in central Peru, with comments on the phylogenetic diversity of Pristimantis occurring in the Cordillera Yanachaga

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Lehr ◽  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
Juan Carlos Cusi ◽  
Václav Gvoždík
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Large Head ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages ◽  
Subadult Female

We describe a new minute species of the genus Pristimantis, P. boucephalus sp. nov., from the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, Región Pasco, Peru. The description is based on a freshly collected male specimen found at 2950 m a.s.l. in a cloud forest and four previously unidentified museum specimens consisting of two adult males, one subadult female and a juvenile from the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park. The new species is mainly characterized by a snout–vent length of 13.4–14.5 mm in adult males (n = 3), and 12.5 mm in the only known subadult female, and is compared morphologically and genetically with other taxonomically and biogeographically relevant species of Pristimantis. The new species is characterized by its small size, disproportionally large head with short snout, absence of a tympanic annulus and membrane, and reddish-copper iris. Phylogenetically it belongs to a speciose clade, an as yet unnamed species group, comprising both montane (Andes, Guiana Shield) and lowland (Amazon) taxa from the northern part of South America. The new species is genetically close to the sympatric P. cruciocularis. Species of Pristimantis occurring in the Cordillera Yanachaga region in the Andes of central Peru are members of six divergent phylogenetic lineages.

A new species of long-tailed shrew of the genus Sorex (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from Sierra de Omoa, Honduras

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4809 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRA J. ANDINO-MADRID ◽  
JULIO E. MÉRIDA COLINDRES ◽  
SERGIO G. PÉREZ-CONSUEGRA ◽  
JOHN O. MATSON
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Isthmus Of Tehuantepec ◽  
Celaque National Park ◽  
A New Species

The only known species of the genus Sorex in Honduras is Sorex mccarthyi Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, which is endemic to Celaque National Park. This species shows the presence of a postmandibular foramen and canal, a characteristic that is useful to distinguish between species south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and unique to the Sorex salvini species group. Recently, two specimens of Sorex were collected in 2018 at Cusuco National Park, northwestern Honduras. These specimens lack the distinctive characteristics possessed by the S. salvini species group and belong to the Sorex veraepacis species group. Previously, the S. veraepacis species group was only known from the highlands of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas and Guatemala. Principal component analysis shows that specimens from Sierra de Omoa are different in size and shape with respect to other known species (i.e., S. veraepacis Alston, S. ibarrai Matson & McCarthy and S. madrensis Matson & Ordóñez-Garza). We describe these two specimens, currently known only from an isolated cloud forest in the Sierra de Omoa, Honduras, as a new species. 

A distinctive new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Yanachaga Chemillen National Park in central Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3109 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
PABLO J. VENEGAS ◽  
VILMA DURAN ◽  
CAROLL Z. LANDAURO ◽  
LESLY LUJAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Transverse Line ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Enyalioides from a mid-elevation premontane forest in central Peru. This represents the seventh species of Enyalioides known to occur east of the Andes in South America; the other six species are E. cofanorum, E. laticeps, E. microlepis, E. palpebralis, E. praestabilis, and E. rubrigularis. Among other characters, the new species is distinguished from other Enyalioides by the combination of an orange blotch on the antehumeral region (in adult males), 30 or fewer longitudinal rows of dorsals in a transverse line between dorsolateral crests at midbody, ventral scales strongly keeled, and caudal scales heterogeneous in size on each autotomic segment. The new species is most similar morphologically to E. cofanorum and E. microlepis.

The generic allocation of “Hyla” antoniiochoai De la Riva & Chaparro, 2005 (Anura), with description of its advertisement call and ecology

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2304 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI ◽  
EDGAR LEHR
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Brood Pouch ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
Subadult Female ◽  
Epiphytic Bromeliads

The description of the frog “Hyla” antoniiochoai is based on a subadult female and a juvenile collected in 2005 near Esperanza, Kosñipata Valley, Región (formerly Departamento) Cusco, southeastern Peru. The species was assigned to the genus Hyla (Hylidae) but could not be assigned to any species group within this genus. According to the original description, typical characters include the absence of webbing in hands, and vestigial webbing between Toes III and IV. In 2009, we collected additional specimens including adults of both sexes from the type locality. To our surprise these specimens show characters, such as a closed brood pouch, that are typical of Gastrotheca (Hemiphractidae). Furthermore, our analysis of the advertisement call supports its relation with Gastrotheca. Consequently, we assign “Hyla” antoniiochoai to Gastrotheca, compare it with its congeners, and improve the species diagnosis and description. Gastrotheca antoniiochoai lives in epiphytic bromeliads in the cloud forest and montane scrub between 2700 and 3300 m in Manu National Park. The new specimens were found inside bromeliads approximately 6–8 from the ground. It shares with the central Peruvian Gastrotheca zeugocystis, and the Venezuelan G. walkeri and G. williamsonii a lateral, paired brood pouch (instead of the single, dorsomedian pouch found in most Gastrotheca).

scholarly journals Five new species of Drosophila guarani group from the Andes of southern Ecuador (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 141-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Danitza Peñafiel-Vinueza ◽  
Violeta Rafael
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Southern Ecuador

Five species of the genus Drosophila are described and illustrated: D.zamoranasp. n., D.quinarensissp. n., D.sachapuyusp. n., D.caxarumisp. n., and D.misisp. n. from the cloud forests of the Podocarpus National Park, in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Flies were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. All the species were found to belong to the Drosophilaguarani species-group.

A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1361 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO C. MONGUILLOT ◽  
MARIO R. CABRERA ◽  
JUAN C. ACOSTA ◽  
JOSE VILLAVICENCIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Posterior Surface ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Iguanidae Liolaemini lizard from the San Guillermo National Park in western Argentina, is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus darwinii complex within the monophyletic boulengeri species group. It is distinguished by its small body size, relatively long tail, low number of scales around midbody, dorsal scales moderately keeled, precloacal pores only in male, bulged patch of enlarged scales on the proximal posterior surface of the thigh in both sexes, dorsal pattern lacking of light vertebral or dorsolateral stripes, antehumeral fold without black pigment in female but greyish in male, a prescapular dark dot dorsal to antehumeral fold in both sexes, and postscapular spot absent. The new species is terrestrial, living in habitats with gravel and sandy soil in an Andean Monte landscape with sparse vegetation, above 2270 meters of altitude.

A New Species ofPristimantis(Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Cloud Forest of Sangay National Park, Ecuador

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Brito M. ◽  
Reed Ojala-Barbour ◽  
Diego Batallas R. ◽  
Ana Almendáriz C.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
A New Species

Three new Anaulacomera species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park and nearby areas, southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5061 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-352
Author(s):  
MARCOS FIANCO ◽  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
NEUCIR SZINWELSKI ◽  
LUIZ R. R. FARIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Anaulacomera are described, Anaulacomera (Anaulacomera) mariellae sp. n. and Anaulacomera (Anallomes) arlindoi sp. n., belonging respectively to the Inermis and Lanceolata species group, and Anaulacomera angelinae sp. n., placed as incertae sedis. The individuals were collected at the Iguaçu National Park and adjacent small fragments of Atlantic Forest, in southwestern Paraná state, Brazil. The description was based on external morphology of males. We also present distribution maps for the species of the Inermis and the Lanceolata species groups.  

A new species of tree frog from the Andes of southeastern Peru (Anura: Hylidae: Hyla)

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio De la Riva ◽  
Juan Carlos Chaparro
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of Hyla is described from cloud forests of the Cosñipata Valley in southern Peru. The new species lacks webbing in hands and has vestigial webbing between toes III and IV, is readily distinguished from any other species of Andean Hyla, and is not clearly assignable to any species group. The new species seems to be a secretive, bromeliad-dweller.

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.

A new species of the genus Potamophylax Wallengren, 1891 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Qafështamë National Park in Albania

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Halil Ibrahimi ◽  
Astrit Bilalli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Cluster ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

In this paper we describe Potamophylax qafshtamaensis sp. n., a new species of the Potamophylax winneguthi species group, from Qafështamë National Park in Albania. The new species belongs to the Potamophylax tagas species cluster and is most close to Potamophylax hajlos Oláh, 2012 and Potamophylax alsos Oláh, 2014. Potamophylax qafshtamaensis sp. n.  differs from all known species of the P. tagas species cluster by its unique shape of aedeagus. It also differs from its most similar congeners mainly in exhibiting differently shaped inferior appendages and parameres in males, as well as setose sternite IX and the dorsal unsetose plate of the anal tube in female.The new species is microendemic of Qafështamë National Park and is the fifth known species of the Potamophylax tagas species cluster, which is distributed in Albania and Macedonia.

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