Dos nuevas especies de Hyla (Amphibia: Anura) de Colombia, con aportes al conocimiento de Hyla Bogotensis Dos nuevas especies de Hyla (Amphibia: Anura) de Colombia, con aportes al conocimiento de Hyla Bogotensis

• Main Authors: Ruiz C. Pedro M., Lynch John D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1982-12-01
• Series: Caldasia
• Subjects: Amphibia; Anura; H. sarampiona; H. phyllognatha; H. bogotensis; Hyla; Bogotensis
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/34848
• ISSN: 0366-5232

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In this contribution previously unpublished information about the geographic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">variation in Hyla bogotensis (W. Peters) and the tadpole characters </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is given. Hyloscirtus vermiculatus B. Lutz & Ruiz-C. is regarded as a synonym. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The taxonomic status of Hyla platydactyla is discussed and is concluded that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">it might prove to be not separable from H. bogotensis. New records for H. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">denticulenta and H. phyllognatha are provided together with descriptive notes.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A new species of the H. bogotensis group, H. piceigularis, from the cloud </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">fotest belt of the Departamento de Santander in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is described based on adults and tadpoles.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition another new species, H. sarampiona , closely related to H. larinopygion </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Duellman and H. lindae Duellman & Altig is named from the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pargue Nacional Natural de Munchique in the cloud forest belt of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Western Andes of Colombia.</span><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">In this contribution previously unpublished information about the geographic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">variation in Hyla bogotensis (W. Peters) and the tadpole characters </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is given. Hyloscirtus vermiculatus B. Lutz & Ruiz-C. is regarded as a synonym. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The taxonomic status of Hyla platydactyla is discussed and is concluded that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">it might prove to be not separable from H. bogotensis. New records for H. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">denticulenta and H. phyllognatha are provided together with descriptive notes.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A new species of the H. bogotensis group, H. piceigularis, from the cloud </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">fotest belt of the Departamento de Santander in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is described based on adults and tadpoles.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition another new species, H. sarampiona , closely related to H. larinopygion </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Duellman and H. lindae Duellman & Altig is named from the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pargue Nacional Natural de Munchique in the cloud forest belt of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Western Andes of Colombia.</span></p>