A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador

AutorInnen:

Reyes-Puig, J. P., Reyes-Puig, C., Ron, S., Ortega, J. A., Guayasamin, J. M., Goodrum, M., Recalde, F., ... , Koch, C., et al.

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Vollständiger Titel:

A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador

ZFMK-Autorinnen / ZFMK-Autoren:

Dr. Claudia Koch

Org. Einordnung:

Herpetologie

Publiziert in:

PeerJ

Publikationstyp:

Elektronische Publikation

DOI Name:

10.7717/peerj.7405

Keywords:

New species, MicroCT scans, Phylogeny, Upper basin of the Pastaza river, Eastern Andean slopes

Bibliographische Angaben:

Reyes-Puig, J. P., Reyes-Puig, C., Ron, S., Ortega, J. A., Guayasamin, J. M., Goodrum, M., Recalde, F., ... , Koch, C., et al. (2019): A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador. - PeerJ 7:e7405; doi: 10.7717/peerj.7405

Abstract:

We describe a new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella from the eastern versants of the Ecuadorian Andes in the upper Pastaza watershed. Noblella naturetrekii sp. n. differs from its Ecuadorian congeners by the presence of a differentiated tympanic membrane and a weakly defined tympanic annulus, and eyelids with rounded tubercles. In addition, the new species is characterized by its blackish–dark brown ventral coloration scattered with little white dots and the absence of papillae at the tip of the fingers and toes. We provide a detailed description of the call and osteology of the new species. Finally, we present the most complete phylogeny of the genus, which confirms that Noblella is a non-monophyletic group.