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SUBMITTER: Chavez G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320723 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chávez Germán G García Ayachi Luis Alberto LA Catenazzi Alessandro A
PeerJ 20200624
We describe a new, medium-sized species of terrestrial frog of the genus <i>Phrynopus</i> from a single locality in the central Andes of Peru (Departamento de Huánuco) at 3,730 meters of elevation. Phylogenetic analyses supported <i>Phrynopus remotum</i> sp. nov. as an independent lineage, sister to most of its congeners. The new species is morphologically distinguishable by the presence of small tubercles on upper eyelids and heels, an areolate venter, and the absence of dorsolateral folds or r ...[more]