Abstract
Twelve species of centrolenid frogs are reported along a transect over the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Departamento Caldas between 620 and 2650m. The centrolenid fauna in eastern Caldas includes five species of Centrolene ( C. antioquiensis, C. buckleyi, C. geckoideum, C. prosoblepon and C. robledoi), seven of Cochranella ( C. griffithsi, C. posadae, C. punctulata, C. savagei, C. susatamai, and two species of the ocellata group described as new species), and one Hyalinobatrachium (H. colymbiphyllum). Four of these species have traditionally been viewed as western or chocoan elements. In the transect, a single species occurs below 1000m (C. punctulata) whereas between 1100 and 1700m, one finds six species and between 1700 and 2650m one finds six species (one new species occurs in each of these units, between 1100 and 2000m). Above 2800m, one finds only Centrolene buckleyi. Centrolene antioquiensis is redescribed.
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