Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru
We describe a new species of tree frog from the middle Ucayali River, Peru. Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. is known from two males found in a patch of Amazon rainforest at 160 masl. Externally, the new species is similar to those in the Scinax rostratus group but it differs from all members by having...
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| author | Germán Chávez Wilmar Aznaran Luis A. García-Ayachi Alessandro Catenazzi |
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| description | We describe a new species of tree frog from the middle Ucayali River, Peru. Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. is known from two males found in a patch of Amazon rainforest at 160 masl. Externally, the new species is similar to those in the Scinax rostratus group but it differs from all members by having a rounded head from dorsal view without proboscis or pointed tubercle on the tip of the snout, large conical tubercles on upper eyelids and heels, and bright orange blotches and spots on groins, posterior surface of thighs, and shanks. Genetic analysis supports our morphological study and confirms S. pyroinguinis sp nov as a new species, being tentatively the most basal member of the S. rostratus group. The new species is only known from the type locality that is currently threatened by habitat loss caused by wildfires. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9003e63101014e57b2b720ec10b0334f2023-05-11T08:11:07ZengPensoft PublishersEvolutionary Systematics2535-07302023-05-017118319410.3897/evolsyst.7.102425102425Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central PeruGermán Chávez0Wilmar Aznaran1Luis A. García-Ayachi2Alessandro Catenazzi3Centro de Ornitología y BiodiversidadUniversidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz GalloInstituto Peruano de HerpetologíaCentro de Ornitología y BiodiversidadWe describe a new species of tree frog from the middle Ucayali River, Peru. Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. is known from two males found in a patch of Amazon rainforest at 160 masl. Externally, the new species is similar to those in the Scinax rostratus group but it differs from all members by having a rounded head from dorsal view without proboscis or pointed tubercle on the tip of the snout, large conical tubercles on upper eyelids and heels, and bright orange blotches and spots on groins, posterior surface of thighs, and shanks. Genetic analysis supports our morphological study and confirms S. pyroinguinis sp nov as a new species, being tentatively the most basal member of the S. rostratus group. The new species is only known from the type locality that is currently threatened by habitat loss caused by wildfires.https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/102425/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Germán Chávez Wilmar Aznaran Luis A. García-Ayachi Alessandro Catenazzi Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru Evolutionary Systematics |
| title | Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru |
| title_full | Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru |
| title_fullStr | Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru |
| title_short | Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru |
| title_sort | rising from the ashes a new treefrog anura hylidae scinax from a wildfire threatened area in the amazon lowlands of central peru |
| url | https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/102425/download/pdf/ |
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