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New Species of Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae) from Central Peru
Copeia (2001)
  • Edgar Lehr, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Elias Ponce
  • Gunther Kohler
  • Cesar Aguilar
Abstract
A new species of toad, Bufo chavin, is described from two localities (3010 and 3070 m) from the eastern Andean slopes of central Peru (Departamento de Huinuco, Provincia de Pachitea, Distrito de Chaglla)w here it occurs sympatrically with Bufos pinulosus. Bufo chavin is referred to the Bufo veraguensis group. The new species differs from all members of this group by having large, elevated, elongate glands on each forearm and tibia, two large, elevated, elongate glands on the outer dorsal margin of each foot and one small, elevated gland on the outer dorsal margin of each hand. Eggs are relatively large, yolky and unpigmented in the new species.
Publication Date
2001
Publisher Statement
Copeia is published by The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/.
Citation Information
Edgar Lehr, Elias Ponce, Gunther Kohler and Cesar Aguilar. "New Species of Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae) from Central Peru" Copeia Vol. 1 (2001)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edgar_lehr/40/