Una nueva especie colombiana del género Centrolene Jiménez de la Espada 1872 (Amphibia: Anura) y redefinición del género
A revision of the taxonomic history of the genus is provided, and a new definition is given for it, including several characters not previously used. Centrolene paezorum, new species, is described as the second species for this genus from the subhygrophytic cloud Andean forest, above Inzá, in the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Cauca, Colombia. This species is characterized by its smaller size, slenderer body and extremities, narrower head, sloping and flaring snout, absence of vomerine teeth, reduced finger webbing, distinctive dermal ornamentation, green bones, three-lobed liver, white pericardial sac and parietal peritoneum, clear hepatic and visceral peritoneum, black eggs, and the absence of externatly perceptible humeral deltoid ridge in the holotype (female). Besides a review of the generic concept is provided, with the addition of characters not used until now.
Main Authors: | Ruiz Carranza, Pedro M., Hernández Camacho, Jorge, Ardila Robayo, María Cristina |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | spa |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
1986
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Online Access: | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/35077 |
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