scholarly journals A new species ofPsychrophrynella(Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the humid montane forests of Cusco, eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e1807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Tropical Andes ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
High Elevation Forests ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species ofPsychrophrynellafrom the humid montane forest of the Department Cusco in Peru. Specimens were collected at 2,670–3,165 m elevation in the Área de Conservación Privada Ukumari Llakta, Japumayo valley, near Comunidad Campesina de Japu, in the province of Paucartambo. The new species is readily distinguished from all other species ofPsychrophrynellabutP. bagrecitoandP. usurpatorby possessing a tubercle on the inner edge of the tarsus, and from these two species by its yellow ventral coloration on abdomen and limbs. Furthermore, the new species is likeP. bagrecitoandP. usurpatorin having an advertisement call composed of multiple notes, whereas other species ofPsychrophrynellawhose calls are known have a pulsed call (P. teqta) or a short, tonal call composed of a single note. The new species has a snout-vent length of 16.1–24.1 mm in males and 23.3–27.7 mm in females. Like other recently described species in the genus, this newPsychrophrynellainhabits high-elevation forests in the tropical Andes and likely has a restricted geographic distribution.

Lecidea hercynica, a new montane epiphytic lichen from Germany

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela SCHMULL ◽  
Markus HAUCK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Picea Abies ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Epiphytic Lichen ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
High Elevation Forests ◽  
A New Species

Lecidea hercynica Hauck & Schmull is described as a new species from Germany. It is characterized by a poorly developed or bullate to verrucose, areolate thallus on whitened spots of the substratum, numerous plane to yellowish brown to black, convex apothecia with a persistent margin, Micarea type-like asci, and by the presence of atranorin and protocetraric acid. It does not belong to Lecidea s. str., but is provisionally placed in Lecidea s. lat. until a taxonomic treatment of the whole group has been carried out. Lecidea hercynica is widespread in high-elevation forests of Picea abies in the Harz Mountains, where it grows preferably on decorticated wood in open situations.

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.

scholarly journals Psychrophrynella glaucasp. n., a new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the montane forests of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Catenazzi ◽  
Alex Ttito
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Morphological Similarity ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of small strabomantid frog (genusPsychrophrynella) from a humid montane forest in the Peruvian Department of Puno. Specimens were collected at 2,225 m a.s.l. in the leaf litter of primary montane forest near Thiuni, along the Macusani–San Gabán road, in the province of Carabaya. The new species is assigned toPsychrophrynellaon the basis of morphological similarity, including presence of a tubercle on the inner edge of the tarsus, and call composed of multiple notes. We also include genetic distances for 16S rRNA partial sequences between the new species and other strabomantid frogs. The species with lowest genetic distances arePsychrophrynella chirihampatuandPsychrophrynella usurpator. Psychrophrynella glaucasp. n. is readily distinguished from the three other species ofPsychrophrynella(Psychrophrynella bagrecito,P. chirihampatu, andP. usurpator) by its small size, and by having belly and ventral surfaces of legs reddish-brown or red, and chest and throat brown to dark brown with a profusion of bluish-gray flecks. The new species is only known from its type locality. With the discovery ofP. glauca, the geographic distribution ofPsychrophrynellais extended to the Department of Puno, where it was no longer represented after the description of the genusMicrokayla. Furthermore, the Cordillera de Carabaya is the only mountain range known to be home to four of the seven genera of Holoadeninae (Bryophryne,Microkayla,Noblella, andPsychrophrynella), suggesting an intriguing evolutionary history for this group in southern Peru.

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).

A new species of Potanthus from montane forests in Taiwan providing additional evidence of biotic relationship between the Philippines and the Asian continent (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae; Hesperiinae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Chiba ◽  
Hiroshi Tsukiyama ◽  
Yu-Feng Hsu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Asian Continent ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA previously undescribed, montane forest-dwelling Potanthus is reported as a species endemic to Taiwan. Its closest relatives are suggested to be P. flavus, distributed from the continental Asia to Japan, and P. niobe from the Philippines, based upon two synapomorphies in the genital structures of both sexes. This new species inhabits altitudes higher than all the congeneric members previously known from Taiwan. Its presence fills the gap in the P. flavus + P. niobe distribution between the Philippines and the Asian continent, demonstrating a biotic connection between these regions.

scholarly journals A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Scherz ◽  
Oliver Hawlitschek ◽  
Jary H. Razafindraibe ◽  
Steven Megson ◽  
Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
White Colour ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of the genusGephyromantis, subgenusVatomantis (Mantellidae, Mantellinae), from moderately high elevation (1164–1394 m a.s.l.) on the Marojejy, Sorata, and Andravory Massifs in northern Madagascar. The new species, Gephyromantis (Vatomantis) lomorinasp. n.is highly distinct from all other species, and was immediately recognisable as an undescribed taxon upon its discovery. It is characterised by a granular, mottled black and green skin, reddish eyes, paired subgular vocal sacs of partly white colour, bulbous femoral glands present only in males and consisting of three large granules, white ventral spotting, and a unique, amplitude-modulated advertisement call consisting of a series of 24–29 rapid, quiet notes at a dominant frequency of 5124–5512 Hz. Genetically the species is also strongly distinct from its congeners, with uncorrected pairwise distances ≥10 % in a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene to all other nominalGephyromantisspecies. A molecular phylogeny based on 16S sequences places it in a clade with species of the subgeneraLaurentomantisandVatomantis, and we assign it to the latter subgenus based on its morphological resemblance to members ofVatomantis. We discuss the biogeography of reptiles and amphibians across the massifs of northern Madagascar, the evidence for a strong link between Marojejy and Sorata, and the role of elevation in determining community sharing across this landscape.

scholarly journals Drivers of atmospheric methane uptake by montane forest soils in the southern Peruvian Andes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Jones ◽  
T. Diem ◽  
L. P. Huaraca Quispe ◽  
A. J. Cahuana ◽  
D. S. Reay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pore Space ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Tropical Andes ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Ch4 Flux ◽  
Soil Atmosphere ◽  
Water Filled Pore Space

Abstract. The soils of tropical montane forests can act as sources or sinks of atmospheric methane (CH4). Understanding this activity is important in regional atmospheric CH4 budgets, given that these ecosystems account for substantial portions of the landscape in mountainous areas like the Andes. Here we investigate the drivers of CH4 fluxes from premontane, lower and upper montane forests, experiencing a seasonal climate, in southeastern Peru. Between February 2011 and June 2013, these soils all functioned as net sinks for atmospheric CH4. Mean (standard error) net CH4 fluxes for the dry and wet season were −1.6 (0.1) and −1.1 (0.1) mg CH4 – C m−2 d−1 in the upper montane forest; −1.1 (0.1) and −1.0 (0.1) mg CH4 – C m−2 d−1 in the lower montane forest; and −0.2 (0.1) and −0.1 (0.1) mg CH4 – C m−2 d−1 in the premontane forest. Variations among forest types were best explained by available nitrate and water-filled pore space, indicating that nitrate inhibition of oxidation or diffusional constraints imposed by changes in water-filled pore space on methanotrophic communities represent important controls on soil-atmosphere CH4 exchange. Seasonality in CH4 exchange varied among forests with an increase in wet season net CH4 flux only apparent in the upper montane forest. Net CH4 flux was inversely related to elevation; a pattern that differs to that observed in Ecuador, the only other extant study site of soil-atmosphere CH4 exchange in the tropical Andes. This may result from differences in rainfall patterns between the regions, suggesting that attention should be paid to the role of rainfall and soil moisture dynamics in modulating CH4 uptake by the organic-rich soils typical of high elevation tropical forests.

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