A New Species of Terrestrial-Breeding Frog (Amphibia, Strabomantidae, <em>Noblella</em>) from the Upper Madre De Dios Watershed, Amazonian Andes and Lowlands of Southern Peru
Roy Santa-Cruz,
Rudolf von May,
Alessandro Catenazzi,
Courtney Whitcher,
Evaristo López Tejeda,
Daniel L. Rabosky
Affiliations
Roy Santa-Cruz
Museo de Historia Natural (MUSA), Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Área de Herpetología, Av. Alcides Carrión s/n, Arequipa 04001, Peru
Rudolf von May
Museum of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2020 Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Alessandro Catenazzi
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Courtney Whitcher
Museum of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2020 Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Evaristo López Tejeda
Museo de Historia Natural (MUSA), Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Área de Herpetología, Av. Alcides Carrión s/n, Arequipa 04001, Peru
Daniel L. Rabosky
Museum of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2020 Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
We describe and name a new species of Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Strabomantidae) from southern Peru. Key diagnostic characteristics of the new species include the presence of a short, oblique fold-like tubercle on the ventral part of the tarsal region, two phalanges on finger IV, and an evident tympanum. The elevational distribution of the new species spans 1250 m (240–1490 m) from lowland Amazon rainforest to montane forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
