Notes on the distribution of Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador

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1 Museo de Zoología, Laboratorio de Herpetología, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
2 División de Herpetología, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
3 Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
4 Department of Geography, King's College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2710v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Biodiversity, Biogeography, Zoology
Keywords
Andes, Anura, new records, Amphibia, range extension, elevation, Hemiphractidae
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© 2017 Urgilés et al.
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Urgilés VL, Sánchez-Nivicela JC, Cisneros-Heredia DF. 2017. Notes on the distribution of Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador. PeerJ Preprints 5:e2710v1

Abstract

We present new information on the distribution of the marsupial frog Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador. We provide the first record from the province of Cañar, and the country’s southernmost locality (which also corresponds to the third known report from the province of Zamora-Chinchipe). In addition, we discuss the validity of the locality of Loreto for this species. Based on this discussion, we review the elevation range of the species and propose to change the lowest elevation limit of Gastrotheca testudinea from 1100 to 700 m.

Author Comment

This manuscript contains new information on the distribution of an amphibian species from Ecuador. A version of this manuscript was submitted to a journal. However, this manuscript contains complete information for all data, and it will serve as a reference to other papers about frogs of the genus Gastrotheca.