Leptodactylid Frogs of the Genus Eleutherodactylus from the Andes of Southern EcuadorReport indicates that the frog fauna of the Andes of southern Ecuador consists of no fewer than 21 species of eleutherodactylines belonging to the genera Eleutherodactylus and Phrynopus. |
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adult female Andean areolate Azuay balionotus bearing lateral fringes broader than long bromeliads choanae cles colodactylus concealed Cordillera cranial crests cream cryophilius Cuenca curtipes dilated pads discs on dilated dorsal view dorsolateral folds Duellman Ecuador edge of tarsus Eleutherodactylus Eleutherodactylus atratus Eleutherodactylus balionotus Eleutherodactylus cryophilius Eleutherodactylus cryptomelas Eleutherodactylus proserpens finger shorter fingers bearing flanks flecking frogs groin head width heel holotype interorbital space km E Loja lateral profile Leptodactylidae Loja Lynch males lacking vocal metatarsal tubercle Morona-Santiago non-conical outer edge pale palmar tubercles páramo percent eye length percent SVL posterior surface prominent Provincia reticulated riveti sac and slits San Vicente Sapote Sevilla de Oro shank shorter than second Skin of dorsum slopes snout subacuminate southern Ecuador spots stripes subacuminate in dorsal subarticular tubercles supratympanic surface of thigh Suro Rancho tarsus bearing tuber tympanum ulnar tubercles upper eyelid width USNM vocal sac vocal slits vomerine odontophores weakly wider than long