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SUBMITTER: Ron SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088447 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ron Santiago R SR Toral Eduardo E Venegas Pablo J PJ Barnes Charles W CW
ZooKeys 20101129 70
Osteocephalus festae is an Amazonian species recently resurrected from a synonymy with Osteocephalus buckleyi. Because few specimens are known, its morphological variation, diagnostic characters, and distribution are poorly understood. Herein we determine its phylogenetic relationships and provide a complete taxonomic account based on recently collected specimens (adults and larvae) from nine localities in Ecuador and Peru. Osteocephalus festae is most similar to Osteocephalus verruciger from wh ...[more]