An Extraordinary New Toad (Bufo) from Costa Rica

 

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المؤلف: Savage, Jay M.
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:1966
الوصف:A new species of toad, Bufo periglenes, is described from the Lower Montane Rainforest zone of the Cordillera de Tilarán on the divide between Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces, Costa Rica. The new form exhibits a combination of extremely bright coloration and marked sexual dichromism. Males are solid orange, females greenish to black with scarlet spots. The species lacks a tympanum and columella and is voiceless. Tadpoles are described. Relationships and the role of sexual dichromism are discussed.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UCR
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
اللغة:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/28489
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/28489