First records of two rain frogs, genus Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae), for Colombia

Fabio Meza-Joya

doi:10.15560/12.5.1971

Check List 12(5): e19573, doi: 10.15560/12.5.1971

First records of two rain frogs, genus Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae), for Colombia

Fabio Leonardo Meza-Joya^‡

‡ Colección Herpetológica and Laboratorio de Biología Reproductiva de Vertebrados, Grupo de Estudios en Biodiversidad, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, Colombia

Corresponding author: Fabio Meza-Joya ( fleonardo78@gmail.com )

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Citation: Meza-Joya F (2016) First records of two rain frogs, genus Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae), for Colombia. Check List 12(5): 1971. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1971

Abstract

Pristimantis yukpa and P. rivasi are two rain frogs recently described from Sierra de Perijá in Venezuela. Although these species have been expected to occur in the Colombian side of this mountain range, no evidence of their presence was available to date. Herein, I report for the first time the presence of these species for Serranía de Perijá in Colombia. Updated maps of their geographical distribution are shown.

Keywords

Amphibia; direct-developing frog; geographic distribution; Perijá