Hylidae, Rafinesque, 1815

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 : 733

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C70F-2D50-FCB1-51364699F4ED

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Hylidae
status

 

Hylidae View in CoL

Boana almendarizae ( Caminer & Ron, 2014) View in CoL Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS Lodge ; 00.6756°S, 077.6012°W; 1504 m a.s.l.; 8 July 2018; QCAZ 74805 View Materials GoogleMaps 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS; 00.6759°S, 077.5998°W; 1485 m a.s.l.; 18 Apr. 2014; MZUTI 3532 GoogleMaps .

Identification. This species can be distinguished from the sympatric Boana calcarata View in CoL by the shape of the heel tubercle which is large and conical in B. almendarizae View in CoL but large and triangular in B. calcarata ( Caminer and Ron 2014) View in CoL . The vertical dark and light lines on the flanks of B. almendarizae View in CoL are narrower than in B. calcarata View in CoL .

Habitat. One specimen was collected in secondary for- est and the other around buildings in the WWS lodge.

Remarks. This species is listed as Near Threatened by the Ecuadorian Red List ( Ron et al. 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hylidae

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