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Morphological and Ecological Remarks on Phrynopus kauneorum (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Zoologische Abhandlungen (2002)
  • Edgar Lehr, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Cesar Aguilar
  • Jesus Cordova
Abstract
Phrynopus kauneorum was described as a medium-sized species with snout-vent length up to 32.3mm in females. Further adult female specimens of P. kauneorum, collected near the type locality (palma Pampa, Provincia Pachitea, Departamento Huanuco, Peru) show that it is a large species with a snout-vent length up to 56.4mm and the largest known species of the genus. P. kauneorum has an altitudinal distribution of 2 735-3 380m and is known from two localities in the yungas ecoregion of the eastern Andes of Peru. One adult female contained 56 eggs with an average diameter of 3.31±0.35mm (n=10). Osteological data of the terminal phalanges and the skull are presented. Phrynopus kauneorum, which is most similar to P. juninensis, is a rare species endangered by habitat destruction and pollution.
Publication Date
2002
Citation Information
Edgar Lehr, Cesar Aguilar and Jesus Cordova. "Morphological and Ecological Remarks on Phrynopus kauneorum (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)" Zoologische Abhandlungen Vol. 52 (2002)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edgar_lehr/57/