A new glassfrog species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae) from Cordillera del Condor, southern Ecuador.

ABSTRACT: Based on an integrative taxonomical approach, using molecular, morphological, and bioacoustics data, a new species of glassfrog of the genus Centrolene is described from Refugio de Vida Silvestre El Zarza, southern Ecuador. Centrolenezarzasp. nov. is a medium sized species, easily distinguished from all other glassfrogs by its unique combination of characters, such as a shagreen dorsum with elevated warts corresponding to white spots, an evident tympanum, half or more than half of the upper parietal peritoneum covered by iridophores, iridophores absent on all visceral peritonea, including the pericardium, a lobed liver lacking iridophores, males with small projecting humeral spines, the outer edges of forearms and tarsus with a row of enameled warts that often continue

SUBMITTER: Szekely P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208363 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature