Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 735

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868)
status

 

Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868) View in CoL

Figure 2F

Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS, Wildsumaco Lodge; 00.6756°S, 077.6012°W GoogleMaps ;

1500 m a.s.l.; 15 July 2010; QCAZ 48914 View Materials 1 adult; Napo Province, WBS; 00.6715°S, 077.5986°W; 1530 m a.s.l.; 21 July 2012; QCAZ 53940 View Materials GoogleMaps 1 adult; Napo Province, WWS; 00.6875°S, 077.6008°W; 1427 m a.s.l.; 23 July 2016; QCAZ 64290 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification. This small frog, <29 mm SVL, has red- dish orange forearms and a cream venter. Fingers I and II are identical in length, there is no digital webbing, ex- panded discs are absent as well as dorsolateral folds. It has a pointed snout and lacks fringes of skin on the fingers.

Habitat. This species inhabits both primary and secondary forests at WWS and is found around disturbed areas near buildings.

Remarks. The species was found at about 1530 m a.s.l. in this study, which extends the elevational range of this species over 500 m ( Ron et al. 2019).

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945) Material examined. ECUADOR • 2 adults; Napo Province, WWS, shallow pond in pasture; 00.6801°S, 077.6071°W; 1406 m a.s.l.; 11 Aug. 2019; QCAZ 76426 View Materials to 76427 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification. This medium-brown frog has clear lines on the posterior surface of the thigh and a yellowishcream venter with gray mottling restricted to the ante- rior one-third of the body. Finger I is longer than finger II, and it has epidermal ridges along the toes. Males reach 40 mm SVL, and females grow up to 47 mm SVL.

Remarks. This species was found at about 1400 m in this study, extending its elevational range by 400 m higher ( Ron et al. 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Leptodactylidae

Genus

Adenomera

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