Abstract
We describe two new species of Phrynopus from a cloud forest of the Cordillera Yanachaga, Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park in Peru and describe and document the first clutch and case of parental care for a species of Phrynopus. One of the new species of Phrynopus is described based on two females (SVL 19.1–21.0 mm) which were found in leaf litter and moss layer in a cloud forest at 2900 m elevation. This new species is most similar to Phrynopus bracki. The second new species of Phrynopus was found in the transitional formation between cloud forest and wet puna at 3000 m elevation. Its description is based on a single female (SVL 20.7 mm) that was observed guarding nine eggs under moss. This new species is most similar to Phrynopus nicoleae. The eggs had a diameter of 5.7–5.8 mm (n = 3) and froglets when hatched a SVL of 6.2–6.5 mm (n = 3). Sympatric anurans include Gastrotheca sp., Pristimantis aniptopalmatus, Pristimantis bromeliaceus, Pristimantis sp., and Rhinella yanachaga.
Highlights
The Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park (YCNP in the following) is located in the eastern Andes of the poorly explored Pasco department (Figs 1, 2)
The assignment of the new species to Phrynopus is based on the structure of the digital discs that lack circumferential groves as well as the overall morphological similarity with the other members of the genus
Phrynopus badius is readily distinguished from its congeners by its small size, by having discontinuous dorsolateral ridges, and by having the dorsum reddish brown or dark grayish brown and the venter dark brown with scattered minute white dots, groin dark brown with bright orange flecks on its lower half and a dark brown inguinal bar on its upper half
Summary
The Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park (YCNP in the following) is located in the eastern Andes of the poorly explored Pasco department (Figs 1, 2). It was established in 1986 with the aim to protect a unique biodiversity area of the Andean montane cloud forest. A total of six new species of frogs (Phrynopus, Pristimantis, Strabomantidae) from the montane forest of YCNP were described by Hedges (1990) and Duellman and Hedges (2005, 2007, 2008). The fieldwork by Chaparro et al (2008) led to the description of two new species of Phrynopus from the puna of the YCNP (Fig. 3).
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