An Extraordinary New Toad (Bufo) from Costa Rica

 

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Verfasser: Savage, Jay M.
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:1966
Beschreibung: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.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/28489
Online Zugang:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/28489