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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: May 01, 2000

New Species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Cloud Forest of Bolivia

Page Range: 516 – 520
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0516:NSOEAL]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

A new species of leptodactylid frog, genus Eleutherodactylus, is described from cloud forest of the northeastern versant of the Bolivian Andes. Eleutherodactylus ashkapara sp. nov. seems to be most closely related to E. pluvicanorus from which it is distinguished mainly by larger size, advertisement call, and arboreal habit. Because of many phenetic similarities, I propose that E. ashkapara, E. fraudator, and E. pluvicanorus be recognized as a species group distinct from other groups of South American Eleutherodactylus.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Holotype of Eleutherodactylus ashkapara sp. nov. (CBF 3344) in life; top, dorsolateral view; bottom, ventral view

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Fig. 2.

Paratype of Eleutherodactylus ashkapara sp. nov. (ZFMK 70318) in life; frontal view; note the throat pattern

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Fig. 3.

Audiospectrogram and oscillograms of the advertisement call of Eleutherodactylus ashkapara sp. nov. Recording obtained on 30 January 1999. Air temperature was 15.9 C at time of recording

Accepted: Jul 30, 1999