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Online Publication Date: 01 May 2007

Taxonomy and Ecology of the Central American Toads of the Genus Crepidophryne (Anura: Bufonidae)

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Page Range: 304 – 314
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[304:TAEOTC]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

We review the taxonomic status of all known populations of toads referred to Crepidophryne epiotica from Costa Rica and Panama and summarize what little is known about their distribution and ecology. Morphological comparisons of museum specimens indicate the existence of at least three species in this complex. We use these morphological data to describe two new species and offer a redescription of C. epiotica (sensu stricto). Based on the few records available, these species appear to be allopatrically distributed among the Cordillera de Guanacaste and Cordillera Central of Costa Rica and Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and adjacent areas in Panama.

Resumen

Revisamos el estado taxonómico de todas poblaciones conocidas de los sapos a los cuales se les conoce como Crepidophryne epiotica de Costa Rica y Panamá, y resumimos poco que se sabe sobre su distribución y la ecología. Comparaciones morfológicas de especímenes de museo indican la existencia de por lo menos tres especies en este complejo. En base a estos datos morfológicos, describimos dos especies nuevas, y presentamos un redescripcion de C. epiotica (sensu stricto). Basándonos en unos pocos registros disponibles estas especies aparenatn estar distribuidas alopátricamente a lo largo de la Cordillera de Guanacaste y la Cordillera Central de Costa Rica, y de la Cordillera de Talamanca de Costa Rica y las partes colindantes com Panamá.

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

Species of Crepidophryne in life from Costa Rica: Upper left, Crepidophryne epiotica from Muñeco, Cordillera de Talamanca (Photo: A. Vaughan); Upper right, Crepidophryne chompipe from Reserva Dantas in the Cordillera Central (Photo: A. Vaughan); Lower, Crepidophryne guanacaste from Santa Maria, Volcán Miravalles (Photo: C. Moraga).

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Figure 2

Dorsal and ventral photographs of Crepidophryne epiotica (Left: male, KU 107404, SVL = 22.9 mm; Right: female, KU 107403, SVL = 33.3 mm).

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Figure 3

Map of Costa Rica and western Panama, showing known localities for species of Crepidophryne. (Figure modified from Savage, 2002: fig. 7.15.)

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Figure 4

Dorsal and ventral photographs of Crepidophryne chompipe (Left: male, UCR 16855, SVL = 22.5 mm; Right: female, UCR 16075, SVL = 33.5 mm).

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Figure 5

Dorsal and ventral photographs of Crepidophryne guanacaste (Left: male, UCR 12877, SVL = 18.1 mm; Right: female, UCR 17577, SVL = 31.6 mm).

Contributor Notes

Section editor: M. J. Lannoo.

Received: 14 Apr 2006
Accepted: 13 Dec 2006
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