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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 28 Feb 2007

Two New Species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Occidental in Peru

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Page Range: 140 – 149
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[140:TNSOEA]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Two new species of Eleutherodactylus are described from the Cordillera Occidental in northern Peruvian departments of Ancash and La Libertad. The new species from La Libertad is assigned to the Eleutherodactylus orestes Group and inhabits puna at elevations of 3400–4010 m. The Eleutherodactylus orestes Group is redefined. The second new species is assigned to the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus Group; it represents the southernmost species of Eleutherodactylus in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes.

Se describen dos nuevas especies de Eleutherodactylus procedentes de la Cordillera Occidental en los departamentos de Ancash y La Libertad al norte de Perú. La nueva especie de La Libertad se asigna al grupo Eleutherodactylus orestes y habita en puna a elevaciones entre los 3400–4010 m. Se redefinen los caracteres del grupo Eleutherodactylus orestes. La segunda nueva especie se asigna al grupo Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus; esta es la especie de Eleutherodactylus que tiene la distribución más al sur en la Cordillera Occidental de los Andes.

Copyright: 2007 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Figure 1
Figure 1

Eleutherodactylus cordovae, MHNSM 21990, holotype, SVL 27.1 mm, in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views; photos by E. Lehr.

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Figure 2

(A) Lateral and (B) dorsal views of head, and ventral views of (C) hand and (D) foot of Eleutherodactylus cordovae (MHNSM 21990).

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Figure 3

Map showing type localities of the new species and the Peruvian members of the Eleutherodactylus orestes Group.

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Figure 4

Eleutherodactylus meridionalis, MHNSM 0568, female, SVL 20.5 mm, in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views, photos by E. Lehr. Arrows indicating scapular and middorsal tubercles.

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Figure 5

(A) Lateral and (B) dorsal views of head, and ventral views of (C) hand and (D) foot of E. meridionalis (MHNSM 0568).

Contributor Notes

Division of Herpetology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, The University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, Kansas 66045‐7561. E-mail: (EL) elehr@ku.edu. Send reprint requests to EL.

Received: 30 May 2006
Accepted: 08 Nov 2006
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