A new species of Hyalinobatrachium (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian slopes of the central Andes, with comments on the diversity of the genus in the area

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2143 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER ◽  
JOSÉ M. PADIAL ◽  
JUAN C. CHAPARRO ◽  
RODRIGO AGUAYO ◽  
IGNACIO DE LA RIVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Single Frequency ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Hyalinobatrachium from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia on the basis of morphological, bioacoustic and genetic characteristics. Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of Hyalinobatrachium by the combination of the following characters: (1) truncate snout in dorsal and lateral view; (2) white pericardium; (3) enameled dorsal, tarsal and cloacal folds; (4) hand webbing formula III 2 – – 1 + IV; (5) iris cream; (6) advertisement call consisting of a single, frequency-modulated note with a pulsed section followed by a tonal section. The new species had been previously identified as Hyalinobatrachium munozorum and H. bergeri. The advertisement call of the new species was previously assigned to H. bergeri. Here we describe the previously unknown call of Hyalinobatrachium bergeri. Additionally, we study the taxonomic status of H. lemur and H. pellucidum and place the former as synonym of the later. We extend the distribution of H. pellucidum to Departamento Cusco in southern Peru.

On the enigmatic genus Oectropsis Blanchard (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae): tribal allocation, synonymy, and new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4845 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-224
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO ERIBERTO DE L. NASCIMENTO ◽  
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ ◽  
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Andes Mountains ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Andes Region ◽  
A New Species

The species of the genus Oectropsis Blanchard, 1851 (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) are exclusively distributed west of the central Andes region (Chile) and were probably isolated due to phenomena caused by the Andes Mountains. Recent taxonomic revisions of the genus revealed that the species do not have the main features of Acanthocinini, the tribe in which this genus is currently allocated. Instead, they share characteristics with Pogonocherini, especially Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821, whose majority of species are distributed in North America. In addition to the tribal transference, we describe a new species, update a previous key, and we discuss the taxonomic status of some tribes. 

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 A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae:Scinax) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquéias Ferrão ◽  
Rafael de Fraga ◽  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
Igor L. Kaefer ◽  
Albertina P. Lima
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Habitat Association ◽  
Dark Brown Spot ◽  
A New Species

The genusScinaxis one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae. Despite the high number of potential new species ofScinaxrevealed in recent studies, the rate of species descriptions for Amazonia has been low in the last decade. A potential cause of this low rate may be the existence of morphologically cryptic species. Describing new species may not only impact the taxonomy and systematics of a group of organisms but also benefit other fields of biology. Ecological studies conducted in megadiverse regions, such as Amazonia, often meet challenging questions concerning insufficient knowledge of organismal alpha taxonomy. Due to that, detecting species-habitat associations is dependent on our ability to properly identify species. In this study, we first provide a description of a new species (including its tadpoles) of the genusScinaxdistributed along heterogeneous landscapes in southern Amazonia; and secondly assess the influence of environmental heterogeneity on the new species’ abundance and distribution.Scinax ruberoculatussp. nov. differs from all nominal congeners by its small size (SVL 22.6–25.9 mm in males and 25.4–27.5 mm in females), by having a dark brown spot on the head and scapular region shaped mainly like the mothCopiopteryx semiramis(or a human molar in lateral view, or a triangle), bicolored reddish and grey iris, snout truncate in dorsal view, bilobate vocal sac in males, by its advertisement call consisting of a single pulsed note with duration of 0.134–0.331 s, 10–23 pulses per note, and dominant frequency 1,809–1,895 Hz. Both occurrence and abundance of the new species are significantly influenced by silt content in the soil. This finding brings the first evidence that edaphic factors influence species-habitat association in Amazonian aquatic breeding frogs.

A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Rocky Montane Fields in Southeastern and Central Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2269 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANA PUGLIESE ◽  
DÉLIO BAÊTA ◽  
JOSÉ P. POMBAL, JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Brown Spot ◽  
Inguinal Region ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of tree frog of the Scinax ruber clade from rocky field mountains in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais in central and southeastern Brazil. Scinax rogerioi sp. nov. is characterized by medium size (SVL males 25.0–35.6 mm; females 28.0–34.5 mm); snout protruding in lateral view and almost subovoid in dorsal view; loreal region concave; adhesive discs on fingers medium-sized, wider than long; interrupted, irregular dark brown blotches on dorsum from behind eyes to inguinal region from head to inguinal region; inverted brown triangular interocular blotch; brown spot in loreal region; advertisement call is a multipulsed note, with 6 to 12 pulses (interval between pulses 0.02 to 0.03s), and a dominant frequency of 1.38 to 3.19 kHz. Description of the advertisement call and data on natural history are provided.

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.

Aristida tovariana (Poaceae, Aristidoideae), a new species from the Andes of Southern Peru

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
HAROL GUTIÉRREZ ◽  
ROXANA CASTAÑEDA ◽  
DANIEL B. MONTESINOS-TUBÉE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Aristida tovariana sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The new species, from southern Ayacucho, differs from A. achalensis in having spikelets 1–1.5 cm long, lemmas 5–6 mm long with awns 5.8–10 mm long, a twisted column not greater than 3 mm long, and fusiform caryopses with a ventral groove. A key to the species Aristida in Peru is included and the conservation status of the new species is evaluated.

scholarly journals A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4656 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN TIMMS ◽  
JUAN C. CHAPARRO ◽  
PABLO J. VENEGAS ◽  
DAVID SALAZAR-VALENZUELA ◽  
GUSTAVO SCROCCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Body Color ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Large Trees ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of montane pitviper of the genus Bothrops from the Cordillera Oriental of the Central Andes, distributed from southern Peru to central Bolivia. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the characteristic combination of a dorsal body color pattern consisting of triangular or subtriangular dark brown dorsal blotches, paired dark brown parallel occipital stripes, a conspicuous dark brown postocular stripe, the presence of canthorostrals in some specimens, prelacunal fused or partially fused with second supralabial, one scale usually separating internasals, rostral trapezoidal, two canthals oval to rounded, similar size or slightly larger than internasals, three or four medial intercanthals, eight to twelve intersupraoculars, intercanthals and intersupraoculars keeled and frequently slightly keeled, supraoculars oval, one to three suboculars, two to three postoculars, loreal subtriangular, two to six prefoveals, subfoveals absent, two or none postfoveals, one or two scales between suboculars and fourth supralabial, seven or eight supralabials, nine or eleven infralabials, 23–25 middorsal scales, 189–195 ventrals in females and 182–190 in males, 48–58 subcaudals in females and 54–63 in males, exceptionally undivided. The new species is apparently restricted to areas within Andean montane forests that are less humid and devoid of large trees. 

A new species of Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 (Anura: Brachycephalidae) of the I. lactea species series from southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO P. G. TAUCCE ◽  
BÁRBARA F. ZAIDAN ◽  
HUSSAM ZAHER ◽  
PAULO C. A. GARCIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The Past ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Support

We describe a new species of Ischnocnema from the Serra da Bocaina mountain range, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, based on morphological, bioacoustic, and mtDNA data. The new species is retrieved with high support values within the I. lactea species series as the sister species of I. spanios. Ischnocnema bocaina sp. nov. is characterized by its medium size (18.6–19.0 mm), a smooth venter, a rounded snout in dorsal view and acuminate in lateral view, a slightly expanded subgular, single vocal sac, a round and whitish, poorly-developed glandular-appearing nuptial pad on the dorsal surface of the thumb, and a nonpulsed advertisement call with 9 to 18 notes. We raise to 38 the number of Ischnocnema species, the 12th described in the past 10 years.

scholarly journals A new species of Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from high elevations in southern Peru

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Victor Hugo Gonzalez Betancourt ◽  
Mabel Alvarado ◽  
Claus Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
A New Species

We describe and figure a distinctive new species of the bee genus Andinopanurgus Gonzalez and Engel (Andrenidae, Protandrenini) from Apurímac and Cusco in southern Peru. Andinopanurgus vargasllosai Gonzalez and Alvarado, n. sp., occurs at elevations above 4000 m in the Central Andes and is the second species of this genus in Peru. The new species possesses terga with semi-translucent distal margins, a unique feature among Andinopanurgus, and it combines morphological features of the two species groups previously recognized in the genus. To facilitate its recognition, we provide an updated key to species of Andinopanurgus.

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