Pristimantis pastazensis Andersson, 1945

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 pastazensis Andersson, 1945

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Remarks.

This record extends the known distribution of the species, since the available records had been restricted to a few localities near the Tungurahua Volcano ( Reyes Puig et al. 2014; Ron et al. 2019). We documented a juvenile specimen (DHMECN 14425) with body size 15.05 mm that was collected on an anthurium leaf 160 cm from the ground, in mountain forests of the Naturetrek-Vizcaya Reserve at 2100 m elevation. Pristimantis pastazensis is characterised by having a rostral papilla, snout subacuminate in dorsal view and for not having pungent tubercles on the eyelids.

Figures

Figure 17. Pristimantis pastazensis, Male (DHMECN 14425), lateral view. Photographs by Mario H. Yanez-Munoz.