Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillen National Park (central Peruvian Andes)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1761 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN C. CHAPARRO ◽  
JOSE M. PADIAL ◽  
IGNACIO DE LA RIVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Species ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Ventral Skin

Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) are described from elfin forests and puna grasslands (3363–3589 m) of the eastern slopes of the Andes of Departamento Pasco in central Peru. Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. is a medium-sized species characterized by lacking vomerine teeth and tympanic membrane, and by having dorsolateral folds, areolate ventral skin, dorsum gray with black spots, venter cream with small scattered black blotches, and iris bronze. Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. is a small species characterized by lacking tympanic membrane and by having vomerine teeth, an X-shaped middorsal fold, ventral skin areolate, dorsum tan with black stripes and bluish tubercles, and iris bronze with black reticulations.

A new species of Phrynopus from Departamento Cusco, southern Peru(Anura: Brachycephalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1618 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN C. CHAPARRO ◽  
IGNACIO DE LA RIVA ◽  
JOSÉ M. PADIAL ◽  
JOSÉ A. OCHOA ◽  
EDGAR LEHR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Dorsal Skin ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Ventral Skin ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from two close localities at the upper limits of cloud forest in the southern Peruvian Departamento Cusco, between 3555–3950 m a.s.l. The new species is characterized by having medium size (maximum snout-vent length 23.4 mm), dentigerous processes of vomers absent, tympanic membrane inconspicuous, dorsal skin coarsely shagreen in life, dorsolateral folds, ventral skin areolate, dorsum tan, venter bold black with conspicuous bluish-gray spots, and a bluish-white iris.

Description of a new species of Andaeschna (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the Western Colombian Andes

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4615 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-600
Author(s):  
CORNELIO ANDRÉS BOTA-SIERRA ◽  
JULIANA SANDOVAL-H ◽  
FREDY PALACINO-RODRÍGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Distal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northwestern Argentina ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

Andaeschna is a small and poorly known genus of dragonflies that inhabits the Andes, from Venezuela to northwestern Argentina. Here we describe Andaeschna occidentalis sp. nov., first species of the genus recorded in the Western Andes, specifically from the Tatamá National Park in Colombia. Males of this species can be differentiated from the other four species in the genus by the unique shape of the distal segment of the vesica spermalis. Likewise, females can be distinguished by their smaller and broader cerci (slightly shorter than S9) and its subquadrate point. The discovery of this beautiful species expands the range of the genus, previously known only in the Eastern Andes. 

scholarly journals Five new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) from the Central Peruvian Andes

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizeth A Cardenas ◽  
Janelle M Burke ◽  
Fabian A Michelangeli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Tropical Andes ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
Ecological Habitats

We describe five new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) from Yanachaga Chemillén National Park and vicinity in Pasco, Peru: Miconia cardenasiae, Miconia chemillensis, Miconia humifusa, Miconia odoratissima, and Miconia pozuzoana. These species occur across a range of ecological habitats in the central Andes of Peru. Two of these species exhibit modifications for plant-arthropod interactions as leaf domatia and one of them has hollow stems. The number of previously undescribed species presented here from a relatively small area underscores the continued need for alpha taxonomy in the tropical Andes. Based on restricted distribution and habitat degradation pressure, we recommend that all species be categorized as either Endangered or Critically Endangered under IUCN guidelines.

scholarly journals New liverworts from the Peruvian Andes. I. Colura ochyrana and Drepanolejeunea halinae (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta)

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Tamás Pócs
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Two New Species

Abstract During an intensive ecological and biodiversity research project in the eastern Andes of central Peru large number of bryophytes were collected including many species new to Peru and a few even to science. The present paper describes two new species of Lejeuneaceae, Colura ochyrana and Drepanolejeunea halinae, which seem to be endemic to the Andes.

scholarly journals A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the foothills of the Andes in Manu National Park, southeastern Peru

ZooKeys ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 594 ◽  
pp. 143-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alexander Shepack ◽  
Rudolf von May ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
A New Species

A taxonomic revision of Atelopus pachydermus, and description of two new (extinct?) species of Atelopus from Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1557 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS A. COLOMA ◽  
STEFAN LÖTTERS ◽  
WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN ◽  
ALFONSO MIRANDA-LEIVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

Atelopus pachydermus is redescribed on the basis of the retraced holotype and recently collected specimens. Comparisons with the holotype confirmed that this species occurs neither in Pacific Colombia, nor in the northeastern Cordillera of Ecuador, as proposed by previous authors. It occurs in the northwestern Andes of Peru and adjacent Ecuador. Populations from the Cordillera Oriental in northern Ecuador (some of them previously allocated to A. pachydermus) are described as a new species, which is distinguished from other Atelopus by size, coloration, and by having white digital pads that contrast with adjacent black phalanges. In addition, a population of Atelopus from the Andes of southwestern Ecuador, previously included in the Atelopus bomolochos complex, and having an aqua blue iris is described as a new species. We include osteological data of both new species. Predictions of numbers of species of Atelopus to be discovered and described, as well as of numbers for Ecuadorian amphibian diversity, indicates that these faunas are yet largely undescribed. Because recent records of A. pachydermus and the two new species are lacking despite search efforts, we assume that they are possibly extinct, similar to many other Andean Atelopus. Thus, we categorize these species either aspossibly extinct or, applying IUCN Red List criteria, as Critically Endangered. Current evidence suggests that amphibian extinctions in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes have been more drastic than previously recognized.

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.

scholarly journals A new species of arboreal toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Chaunus) from Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1278 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. PADIAL ◽  
STEFFEN REICHLE ◽  
ROY McDIARMID ◽  
IGNACIO DE LA RIVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
National Park ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
La Paz ◽  
A New Species

A new arboreal species of the Chaunus veraguensis group is described for the humid montane forest of Madidi National Park, in northern Bolivia. The new species differs from other species in the group by the combination small size, long and slender extremities, webbed hands, conspicuous tympanic membrane, well developed parotoid glands, absence of large glands on dorsum and extremities, nuptial excrescences of males composed of pungent spines on dorsal surface of thumb, greenish-brown coloration on dorsum with red warts in life, and green iris. It is only known from two nearby localities in the Serranía Eslabón, Department La Paz. An operational key for species in the C. veraguensis group is provided.

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.

scholarly journals Drymaria veliziae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from the Andes of Cajamarca (North Peru)

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Montesinos-Tubée ◽  
Carolina Tovar ◽  
Gustavo Iberico-Vela ◽  
Juan Montoya-Quino ◽  
Isidoro Sanchez-Vega
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Original Photographs ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Location Map ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Montane Grasslands

A new species from the Northern Peruvian Andes (Cajamarca department), Drymaria veliziaesp. nov., is proposed in the present paper. It grows in the high-elevation montane grasslands and it is morphologically similar to D. auriculipetala from which it differs in having elliptic-ovate leaves, blade margin bases glandular, large number of stipules arranged in a pedicel form at the leaf axis and by the short and glandular pedicels. A detailed description, original photographs and a location map are provided, as well as an updated diagnostic key of Drymaria Ser. Frutescens. The IUCN status of the new species is assessed as Endangered (EN).

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