The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae)Paper addresses 45 species of Eleutherodactylus found at elevations of 1,000 to 3,000 meters on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, and presents a discussion of taxonomic characters in the genus and a key to the identification of the species. |
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adult female Amazon Basin Amazonian slopes anal triangle areolate bercles Boulenger broader than long canthus rostralis choanae cloud forests Colombia Color in life.-Dorsum conical tubercles Cordillera cranial crests Cuyujúa dark brown Diagnosis.-1 digits discs broader dorsal view dorsolateral folds Duellman Ecuador edge of tarsus Eleutherodactylus elevations eriphus finger shorter fingers bearing flanks flecks frogs glandulosus groin head width holotype II-IV km ESE Papallacta lacking lateral fringes lacrimosus lateral profile limb bars longer than wide lowland Lynch metatarsal tubercle montane montane rainforest Morona-Santiago nuptial pads outer edge pale palmar tubercle Papallacta Pastaza Pastaza trench percent eye length percent SVL posterior surfaces Prov Provincia Napo round rubicundus Sapote Sevilla de Oro shank shorter than second skin of dorsum snout spec species specimens spots subarticular tubercles Sumaco supratympanic surfaces of thighs tarsus toe pads toes bearing Tungurahua tympanum ulnar tubercles unistrigatus USNM JAP vocal sac vocal slits vomerine odontophores w-nigrum warts WCAB zonian