Two New Species of Marsupial Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Cordillera Oriental in Central Peru

Publication Date

June 2004

Comments

Scientific Papers, Natural History Musuem is published by The Uiversity of Kansas.

Abstract

A distinctive new species of Gastrotheca from the Rio Chanchamayo Valley in the Cordillera Oriental in Peru is the only known member of the genus that lacks a tympanum. Another new species from the Cordillera de Carpish is distinctive in having a pair of lateral brood pouches and only basal webbing on the foot.

Disciplines

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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