Pristimantis tungurahua Reyes-Puig, Yanez-Munoz , Cisneros-Heredia & Ramirez , 2011

Reyes-Puig 1,2, Juan Pablo, Reyes-Puig 1,3,4, Carolina, Franco-Mena 5,6, Daniela, Jost 2, Lou & Yanez-Munoz 1,2, Mario H., 2022, Strong differentiation between amphibian communities on two adjacent mountains in the Upper Rio Pastaza watershed of Ecuador, with descriptions of two new species of terrestrial frogs, ZooKeys 1081, pp. 35-87 : 35

Pristimantis tungurahua Reyes-Puig, Yanez-Munoz, Cisneros-Heredia & Ramirez, 2011

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Remarks.

We documented three female specimens (DHMECN 14427, 14428, 14429, 14433) with body sizes of 20.15 mm up to 22.87 mm, two male specimens (DHMECN 14430, 14431) with body sizes of 15.87 mm up to 16.77 mm and one juvenile specimen (DHMECN 14432) with a body size of 14.02 mm; the specimens were collected on leaves of ferns and shrubs between 30 cm and 40 cm from the ground and dry sticks between leaves at ground level; some of them were captured in pitfall traps. These specimens and others in the Chamana Reserve correspond to the first records since the original description (Reyes-Puig et al., in preparation); these records extend the limits of altitudinal distribution to the range of 2400 m to 2900 m. This species can be easily distinguished by its distinctive red salmon colouration on the groin, ventral surfaces of the limbs and by the presence of dorsolateral folds.

Figures

Figure 19. Pristimantis tungurahua, Females A lateral view (DHMECN 14428) B lateral view C frontal view (DHMECN 14427) D dorsal view (DHMECN 14428). Photographs by Mario H. Yanez-Munoz.