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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Nivicela JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5923216 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sánchez-Nivicela Juan C JC Celi-Piedra Elvis E Posse-Sarmiento Valentina V Urgiles Verónica L VL Yánez-Muñoz Mario M Cisneros-Heredia Diego F DF
ZooKeys 20180420 751
A new species of <i>Pristimantis</i> is described from the highland paramos on the eastern slopes of the Cajas Massif, southern Andes of Ecuador, at 3400 m. This new species is characterized by having a distinctive reddish color, cutaneous macroglands in suprascapular region and surfaces of arm and legs, and by lacking dentigerous processes of vomers. The cutaneous macroglands are similar to those exhibited by several species of the <i>Pristimantis orcesi</i> group, and may suggest a close phylo ...[more]