Two new species of frogs of the genus Phrynopus (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from the Peruvian Andes. Germán Chávez, Roy Santa-Cruz, Daniel Rodriguez, Edgar Lehr.

摘要

We describe two new species of Phrynopus from the western and eastern Andes ofnorthern and central Peru. One of them occurs in the Andean highlands of La Libertad region and isdescribed from 20 specimens. This species can be differentiated from other Phrynopus species thatlack a tympanum by the following combination of characters: skin of dorsum shagreen with scatteredlow tubercles; skin of venter smooth; no tubercles on upper eyelids; dentigerous process of vomersabsent; vocal slits and nuptial pads absent; finger I slightly shorter than finger II; toe V slightlylonger than toe III; and maximum SVL of females is 31.2 mm. The other species is described fromthree individuals found under moss-covered floors in the cloud forest of the Cordillera de Carpish,Huánuco region. It can be easily distinguished from other Phrynopus species by its vermilion redcoloration on dorsum and venter.