Biodiversity in the Andean Mountains: Two new rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.3.2
Abstract: Frequent biodiversity sampling and monitoring programs often lead to relevant taxonomic findings. Here, as a product of different field expeditions to two places in the northern Andes, we discover and describe two new species of… read more here.
Keywords: two new; rain frogs; genus pristimantis; frogs genus ... See more keywords
Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172615
Abstract: Geographic barriers and elevational gradients have long been recognized as important in species diversification. Here, we illustrate an example where both mechanisms have shaped the genetic structure of the Neotropical rainfrog, Pristimantis ornatissimus, which has… read more here.
Keywords: ornatissimus sensu; diversification; rainfrog pristimantis; pristimantis ... See more keywords
Four new species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (Anura: Craugastoridae) in the eastern Amazon
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229971
Abstract: The Pristimantis genus (Anura: Craugastoridae) is the most diverse among all vertebrates with 531 described species. The highest diversity occurs in Ecuador (215 species), followed by Colombia (202), Peru (139), Venezuela (60), Brazil (30), Bolivia… read more here.
Keywords: anura craugastoridae; species pristimantis; new species; four new ... See more keywords
Systematics of Huicundomantis, a new subgenus of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) with extraordinary cryptic diversity and eleven new species
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.868.26766
Abstract: Abstract 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,… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; subgenus; new species; systematics huicundomantis ... See more keywords
A new Terrarana frog of genus Pristimantis from an unexplored cloud forest from the eastern Andes, Colombia
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.961.51971
Abstract: Abstract A new species of Pristimantis (Craugastoridae, subgenus Pristimantis) is described from a relict and unexplored cloud forest in the western slope from Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes. The specific name was chosen by… read more here.
Keywords: cloud forest; terrarana frog; unexplored cloud; pristimantis ... See more keywords