An enigmatic frog of the genus Atelopus (Family Bufonidae) from Parque Nacional Chirripó, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

 

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Autors: Savage, Jay M., Bolaños, Federico
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2009
Descripció:A distinctive new species of Atelopus is described from Parque Nacional Chirripó Grande, Cordillera de Talamanca (3 400-3 500 m). It closely resembles populations of the Atelopus ignescens complex from the Andes of northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. It differs most significantly from these frogs in the pattern of spiculae and coni development on the throat, chest, hands and feet. The Costa Rican species appears to be an outlier of the complex inexplicably separated geographically from its nearest allies by an over land distance of about 1 600 km.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/11342
Accés en línia:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/11342
Paraula clau:bufonidae
atelopus chirripoensis
new species
costa rica
especie nueva