ADDITIONAL NEW SPECIES OF FROGS (GENUS ELEUTHERODACTYLUS) FROM CLOUD FORESTS OF EASTERN DEPARTAMENTO DE CALDAS, COLOMBIA
Vol. 22 No. 83 (1998), Natural Sciences
Vol. 22 No. 83 (1998)

ADDITIONAL NEW SPECIES OF FROGS (GENUS ELEUTHERODACTYLUS) FROM CLOUD FORESTS OF EASTERN DEPARTAMENTO DE CALDAS, COLOMBIA

Natural Sciences
https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.22(83).1998.2908
Published 2024-07-30
John D. Lynch
Laboratorio de anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá
José Vicente Rueda-Almonacid
Laboratorio de anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá
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D. Lynch, J., & Rueda-Almonacid, J. V. (2024). ADDITIONAL NEW SPECIES OF FROGS (GENUS ELEUTHERODACTYLUS) FROM CLOUD FORESTS OF EASTERN DEPARTAMENTO DE CALDAS, COLOMBIA. Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 22(83), 287–298. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.22(83).1998.2908
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Abstract

Four additional species of the genus Eleutherodactylus are described from the high cloud forests of the municipalities of Pensilvania and Samaná, Caldas. With these descriptions, 18 species of the genus have been recorded from this small region lying between 1800 and 2150 meters.

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Amphibia | Leptodactylidae | new species | taxonomy
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Lynch, J.D. & Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1997. "Three new species of frogs (Eleutherodactylus: Leptodactylidae) from cloud forests of eastern Departamento Caldas, Colombia." *Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales* 21 (79): 131-142.

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