A NEW SPECIES OF TELMATOBIUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM NORTHERN CHILE

We describe a new species, Telmatobius chusmisensis, from Chusmisa, Iquique Province, northern Chile. The new taxon is diagnosed by characteristics of the adult morphology, osteology, larval external morphology, and chromosomes. The new species is compared with its Chilean congeners and differs from...

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Published in:Herpetologica 2006-06, Vol.62 (2), p.173-183
Main Authors: Formas, J. Ramón, Cuevas, César C., Nuñez, José J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphibia
Anura
Biological taxonomies
Cartilage
Chromosomes
Frogs
Herpetology
Jaw
Larvae
Leptodactylidae
New species
Northern Chile
Osteology
sp. nov
Tadpoles
Taxa
Telmatobius chusmisensis
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Summary:We describe a new species, Telmatobius chusmisensis, from Chusmisa, Iquique Province, northern Chile. The new taxon is diagnosed by characteristics of the adult morphology, osteology, larval external morphology, and chromosomes. The new species is compared with its Chilean congeners and differs from them in presenting all the carpal elements cartilaginous. The tadpole of T. chusmisensis lack intramarginal mental papillae sharing this character with other Chilean species of the genus.
ISSN:0018-0831
1938-5099
DOI:10.1655/05-08.1