Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillén National Park (central Peruvian Andes)

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Zootaxa 1761: 49 58 (2008) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Copyright 2008 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillén National Park (central Peruvian Andes) JUAN C. CHAPARRO 1,3, JOSÉ M. PADIAL 2 & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA 2 1 Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. Plaza de Armas s/n (Paraninfo Universitario), Cusco, Peru 2 Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain 3 Corresponding author. E-mail: jchaparroauza@yahoo.com Abstract Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) are described from elfin forests and puna grasslands (3363 3589 m) of the eastern slopes of the Andes of Departamento Pasco in central Peru. Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. is a medium-sized species characterized by lacking vomerine teeth and tympanic membrane, and by having dorsolateral folds, areolate ventral skin, dorsum gray with black spots, venter cream with small scattered black blotches, and iris bronze. Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. is a small species characterized by lacking tympanic membrane and by having vomerine teeth, an X-shaped middorsal fold, ventral skin areolate, dorsum tan with black stripes and bluish tubercles, and iris bronze with black reticulations. Key words: Andes, Anura, new species, Peru, Phrynopus Introduction Frogs of the genus Phrynopus Peters as defined by Lynch (1975) occurred along the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, between 1000 and 4400 meters above sea level (m a.s.l.) (Lehr et al. 2005; Lynch 1975; Lehr 2006; De la Riva, 2007). However, the genus proved to be non monophyletic (Darst & Cannatella, 2004; Duellman & Hedges, 2005; Frost et al., 2006; Lehr et al., 2005; Heinicke et al., 2007) and recent molecular data indicate that it is restricted to central Peru only (departments of La Libertad, Huánuco, Pasco, Junín and Ayacucho) (Hedges et al., 2008; Duellman & Hedges, 2008). With 19 species currently recognized, many of them described during the last 15 years, Phrynopus is one of the most speciose groups of frogs in humid paramo and cloud forest habitats of the Andes. The actual diversity of this genus is far from being well known, and new species are found as herpetological surveys are carried out in previously unexplored or poorly known areas. Yanachaga Chemillén is a Peruvian National Park in Departamento Pasco, in which there is a remarkable diversity of amphibians. New species of anurans, including Phrynopus, have been described from the area (e.g., Hedges, 1990; Duellman & Hedges 2005, 2008). During intensive fieldwork in August and September 2007 in the park, several new species of frogs were discovered, among them, two new Phrynopus that are described herein. With these additions, the diversity of the genus Phrynopus raises to 21 species. Material and methods Specimens were fixed in 10% formalin and preserved in 70% ethanol. The format for the description follows that of Lynch (1975). Specimens examined are listed in the Appendix. Measurements were taken with a digi- Accepted by M. Vences: 3 April 2008; published: 2 May 2008 49

tal caliper to the nearest 0.1mm. Abbreviations are as follows: SVL (snout-vent length), HL (head length, from posterior margin of jaw to tip of snout), HW (head wide, maximum width of head), IND (internarial distance), END (eye-nostril distance, straight line distance between anterior corner of orbital opening and posterior margin of external nares), ED (eye diameter, horizontal), IOD (interorbital distance), EW (eyelid width), TL (tibia length), and FL (foot length, distance from posterior margin of inner metatarsal tubercle to tip of fourth toe). Coloration in life are based on the field notes by J.C.C. Pictures were taken using a digital camera with a 100 mm. macrolens. Museum abbreviations refer to: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, USA (KU); Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (MHNSM); Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain (MNCN); and Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad, Cusco, Peru (MHNC). Systematics Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. (Figs. 1 2) Holotype. MHNC 6469 (field number JCC 4029), an adult female (Fig. 1) from Santa Bárbara, Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, 3363 m a.s.l. (10 20' 13.8"S, 75 38' 47.3"W), Departmento Pasco, Peru, collected by J. C. Chaparro, A. Quiroz and D. Salcedo on 30 August 2007. Diagnosis. (1) A medium-sized species (SVL 29.1 mm), body robust, legs moderately short (TL+FL 74% SVL); (2) tympanic membrane and annulus absent; (3) first finger slightly shorter than second; (4) tips of digits bulbous, not expanded laterally; (5) toes without basal webbing or fringes; (6) two metatarsal tubercles, inner larger than outer; tarsal fold absent, outer edge of tarsus with a row of subconical tubercles; (7) dorsal skin covered with small, round regular warts, with larger warts towards flanks and occipital region; dorsolateral, occipital and supratympanic folds prominent; ventral skin areolate, throat with small round granules; (8) snout rounded in dorsal view and in profile; (9) dorsum gray with large bold black blotches; (10) venter cream with small, scattered bold black blotches; (11) dentigerous processes of vomers and teeth absent. Phrynopus miroslawae is unique among other Phrynopus by having the combination of warty dorsum with prominent dorsolateral, occipital and supratympanic folds, areolate belly, and grey dorsum with large bold blotches. FIGURE 1. Living adult female of Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. (MHNC 6469, holotype, SVL 29.1 mm) in dorsolateral (A), ventral (B) and dorsal (C) views. Photos by J. C. C. Twenty other species of Phrynopus (auriculatus, ayacucho, barthlenae, bracki, bufoides, dagmarae, heimorum, horstpauli, juninensis, kauneorum, kotosh, montium, nicoleae sp. nov., oblivius, paucari, peruanus, pesantesi, tautzorum, thompsoni, and tribulosus) are currently known. The species most similar to P. miroslawae is P. barthlenae, but P. miroslawae differs from it by having (characteristics of P. barthlenae in 50 Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press CHAPARRO ET AL.

parentheses) throat with small granules (absent), toes lacking webbing (basal webbing between all toes), dorsolateral folds present (absent), and venter cream with small scattered black blotches (pale grey and marmorated with black); in addition, P. miroslawae occurs in dwarf forest or the upper limits of the cloud forest, while P. barthlenae inhabits the puna or grassland. Superficially, P. miroslawae is similar to P. ayacucho, from which it differs by having continuous dorsolateral folds (discontinuous in P. ayacucho), tympanic annulus absent (present), and venter cream with small black blotches (uniformly tan). Phrynopus miroslawae differs from P. horstpauli, P. oblivius, P. pesantesi, and P. tautzorum by having dorsolateral folds present (absent in these species); P. miroslawae lacks vomerine teeth and has digital tips bulbous (vomerine teeth present and digital tips weakly swollen or rounded in P. dagmarae, P. kauneorum, and P. kotosh); P. miroslawae has venter, chest, and groin cream, and possesses dorsolateral occipital folds (venter red and yellow and dorsolateral folds absent in P. heimorum); P. miroslawae has areolate venter (smooth in P. kauneorum and P. juninensis); P. miroslawae lacks tympanic membrane (present in P. peruanus); P. miroslawae has warty dorsum, conspicuous dorsolateral folds and supratympanic fold (dorsum with conical tubercles, discontinuous dorsolateral folds, and supratympanic fold weak in P. paucari); P. miroslawae has well-defined dorsolateral folds and small warts on dorsum (heavily warty dorsum, with large round warts forming three longitudinal rows in P. bufoides); P. miroslawae lacks tympanum and tympanic membrane (ventral part of tympanic annulus visible externally in P. montium); P. miroslawae has first finger shorter than second and tarsus bearing subconical tubercles (Fingers I and II equal in length and tarsum smooth in P. thompsoni). Three species (two of them described recently; Duellman & Hedges, 2008) occur in sympatry not far from the type locality of P. miroslawae: P. auriculatus, P. bracki, and P. tribulosus (type locality, 5.5 km E Oxapampa, 2600 m; this locality lies 38 km airline SE Santa Bárbara, on mountains at the opposite side of the Oxapampa valley). From P. auriculatus and P. bracki, P. miroslawae differs by being larger, having dorsal skin coarsely warty with conspicuous dorsolateral folds, venter areolate, and lacking vomerine teeth; from P. tribulosus it differs by having dorsal skin coarsely warty with conspicuous dorsolateral folds, and venter areolate. In addition to morphological and color pattern differences, due to the high degree of species endemism in Phrynopus (and in similar high Andean genera) it is extremely unlikely that allopatric populations are conspecific (De la Riva, 2007). A sympatric species, P. nicoleae sp. nov., described herein, is clearly distinguished from P. miroslawae (see diagnosis of P. nicoleae sp. nov.). Species from southern Peru and Bolivia formerly placed in Phrynopus are now placed in different genera (Hedges et al., 2008), and comparing them with Phrynopus from Central Peru is unnecessary. Description of the holotype. Body robust; dorsal skin coarsely warty, with enlarged warts in occipital region and flanks; small tubercles on upper eyelid; dorsolateral folds prominent, from above arms to the level of sacral region; a pair of oblique prominent occipital folds; a slender middorsal fold; ventral skin areolate; pectoral fold present; head wider than long; HW 39% of SVL, HL 33% of SVL; snout short, rounded in dorsal view and in profile; nostrils prominent, closer to eyes than to snout; canthus rostralis concave in dorsal view, sharp in frontal profile; eye-nostril distance 67% of eye length; loreal region slightly concave; cranial crests absent; tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus absent, skin of the tympanic area covered by low, round subconical tubercles; supratympanic fold prominent; tongue large, oval; choanae round, small, widely spaced; dentigerous processes of vomers absent; limbs moderately short; tips of digits bulbous, not expanded laterally; ulnar tubercle and fold absent; inner palmar tubercle single, elongate, flat, smaller than subtriangular outer; fingers moderately short, not fringed; subarticular tubercles large, round; supernumerary tubercles smaller and less prominent than subarticular tubercles; first finger shorter than second; relative length of fingers 1<2<4<3; tibia length 35% of SVL; tarsal fold absent; a row of tarsal subconical tubercles; two oval metatarsal tubercles, inner slightly larger than outer; supernumerary tubercles small, poorly defined; subarticular tubercles of toes round; toes lacking basal webbing or lateral fringes; relative length of toes 1<2<5=3<4; foot length 39% of SVL. TWO NEW SPECIES OF PHRYNOPUS Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press 51

FIGURE 2. Ventral views of hand (A), and foot (B) of adult female Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. (MHNC 6469, holotype). In life, the dorsum of the holotype was gray with bold black to dark brown blotches on middorsal regions, occipital region and interocular region. Most surfaces of flanks, ventral surfaces and dorsolateral folds were creamy-gray with few round black blotches; the upper lip was creamy-gray, with a fine brown stripe along the border; the eyelid and supratympanic fold were gray dorsally and bold black ventrally; the throat was cream; the belly, ventral surface of arms and legs were cream with few scattered black blotches; the fingers, toes and plantar surfaces were purplish-gray; the iris was bronze with black reticulations. In preservative the pattern is similar, with dorsal surfaces, head, and superior extremities dark gray and a black supratympanic stripe; most parts of the belly are cream with small black blotches; the throat is cream with black on the border of the lower lip; the palmar surfaces are creamy-gray; the groin is cream. Measurements and proportions (in mm): SVL, 29.2; HL, 9.7; HW, 11.4; IND, 2.5; END, 1.9; ED, 2.8; IOD, 4.4; EW, 2.3; TL, 10.2; FL, 11.4; HL/SVL, 0.33; HW/SVL, 0.39; END/ED, 0.67; TL/SVL, 0.35; FL/ SVL, 0.39. Etymology. The name is a patronym for Miroslawa Jagielko (Poland) in recognition of her friendship and her support of taxonomic research and nature conservation in Peru. 52 Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press CHAPARRO ET AL.

Distribution and natural history. Phrynopus miroslawae is known only from Santa Bárbara, Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, Departamento Pasco, Peru, at 3363 m a. s. l. (Fig. 3). This species inhabits elfin forest or ceja de montaña (Fig. 4A). Specimens were collected during the dry season inside moss. Other amphibians found in sympatry were Gastrotheca griswoldi and Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. FIGURE 3. Map of western South America with a square indicating the type locality of Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. and Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. in Peru. Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. (Figs. 5 6) Holotype. MHNC 6441 (field code JCC 4001), an adult female (Fig. 5) from Santa Bárbara, Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, 3589 m a.s.l. (10 20' 36.3"S, 75 38' 17.9"W), Departmento Pasco, Peru, collected by J. C. Chaparro, A. Quiroz and D. Salcedo on 26 August 2007. Diagnosis. (1) A small species (SVL 21.2 mm), body slim, legs moderately long (TL+FL 90% SVL); (2) tympanic membrane and annulus absent; (3) first finger the same length as second; (4) tips of digits round, slightly swollen, not expanded laterally; (5) toes lacking webbing and fringes; (6) two metatarsal tubercles, tarsal fold absent; (7) dorsal skin finely granular, elongate dorsolateral warts forming a long discontinuous row that does not fuse to form a fold; a conspicuous X-shaped middorsal fold; ventral skin areolate; (8) snout rounded in dorsal view and in profile; (9) dorsum tan with black irregular stripes and bluish-gray tubercles; (10) venter gray, marmorated with small, brown, tan and metallic blue blotches; (11) dentigerous processes of vomers and teeth present. Phrynopus nicoleae is unique among other Phrynopus by having the combination of granular dorsum, a middorsal X-shaped fold, a discontinuous row of elongate dorsolateral warts, tympanic membrane and annu- TWO NEW SPECIES OF PHRYNOPUS Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press 53

lus absent, venter areolate, gray venter with small brown and metallic blue to metallic white spots, yellow fingers and toes, metallic bronze iris, and black tarsus. Twenty other species of Phrynopus (auriculatus, ayacucho, barthlenae, bracki, bufoides, dagmarae, heimorum, horstpauli, juninensis, kauneorum, kotosh, miroslawae sp. nov., montium, oblivius, paucari, peruanus, pesantesi, tautzorum, thompsoni, and tribulosus) are currently known from the Andes in central Peru. The species most similar to P. nicoleae is P. dagmarae, whose type locality lies approximately 54 km airline from that of P. nicoleae; the new species differs from P. dagmarae by having a X-shaped middorsal fold, yellow digits, and first finger equal to second (middorsal fold absent, red digits, and first finger much shorter than second in P. dagmarae). Another geographically close and morphologically similar species is P. kauneorum (ca. 57 km airline distance between type localities); however, P. nicoleae has granular dorsum and areolate venter (dorsum and venter smooth); furthermore, P. nicoleae inhabits grassland or puna, while P. kauneorum inhabits the elfin forest or ceja de montaña. Phrynopus nicoleae differs from P. ayacucho by lacking a tympanum (present) and having venter gray with tan, brown, and metallic blue blotches (uniformly tan). Phrynopus nicoleae differs from P. barthlenae, P. bufoides, P. heimorum, P. hortspauli, P. miroslawae sp. nov., P. montium, P. oblivius, P. paucari, P. pesantesi, P. tautzorum and P. thompsoni in having vomerine teeth and dentigerous processes (absent). Phrynopus nicoleae differs fom P. kotosh by having dorsal skin finely granular (tuberculate) and a X-shaped middorsal fold (absent). Phrynopus nicoleae differs from P. peruanus by lacking tympanic membrane (present), and having vomerine teeth (absent). Phrynopus nicoleae differs from P. juninensis by having areolate venter, granular dorsum and weak supratympanic fold (smooth venter and dorsum, and prominent supratympanic fold). Three species (two of them described recently; Duellman & Hedges, 2008) occur in sympatry not far from the type locality of P. nicoleae: P. auriculatus, P. bracki, and P. tribulosus (type locality, 5,5 km E Oxapampa, 2600 m; this locality lies 38 km airline SE Santa Bárbara, on mountains at the opposite side of the Oxapampa valley). From P. auriculatus, P. nicoleae differs by having dorsal skin granular and venter areolate, and by lacking a tympanum (dorsal and ventral skin smooth, tympanum present). From P. bracki, P. nicoleae is distinguished by having dorsal skin granular and venter areolate (dorsum strongly tuberculate, venter smooth). Phrynopus nicoleae differs from P. tribulosus by having dorsal skin granular, venter areolate, and vomerine teeth (dorsal and ventral skin smooth, vomerine teeth absent). In addition to morphological and color pattern differences, because of the high degree of species endemism in Phrynopus (and in similar high Andean genera) it is extremely unlikely that allopatric populations are conspecific (De la Riva, 2007). Description of the holotype. Body slim; dorsal skin granular; dorsolateral fold-like rows of elongated dorsolateral warts; ventral skin areolate; pectoral fold present; head narrower than body, head as wide as long; HW 32% of SVL, HL 28% of SVL; snout rounded in dorsal view and in profile; nostrils not protuberant, closer to snout than to eyes; canthus rostralis concave in dorsal view and sharp in frontal profile; eye-nostril distance 78% of eye length; loreal region slightly concave; cranial crests absent; tympanic membrane and annulus absent; supratympanic fold weak; tongue large, oval; choanae triangular, small, widely spaced; dentigerous processes of vomers and vomerine teeth present; limbs moderately short; tips of digits slightly swollen, not expanded laterally; ulnar tubercle and fold absent; inner palmar tubercle single, oval, flattened, smaller than outer; fingers moderately short, not fringed; subarticular tubercles round, those at the basis of proximal phalanges swollen; first finger of the same length as second; relative length of fingers 1=2<4<3; tibia length 42% of SVL; tarsus with small tubercles, lacking fold; two metatarsal tubercles, oval inner slightly larger than rounded outer; supernumerary tubercles small, poorly defined; subarticular tubercles of toes round, mediumsized; toes not webbed, lateral fringes absent; relative length of toes 1<2<5<3<4; foot length 47% of SVL. In life, the holotype had the following colour pattern: dorsum tan with poorly defined black blotches associated to dorsal ridges and elongated warts; diffuse black blotches on interocular region; dorsal granules bluish-white; a bold black mask from tip of snout through the supratympanic area to the level of the postrictal area; upper lip with two bold black triangular marks intercalated with bluish-white blotches; subocular region 54 Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press CHAPARRO ET AL.

bold black; flanks and extremities tan with abundant bluish-white spots; groin tan with abundant bluish-white spots and an orange spot; anterior surfaces of limbs dark brown with bluish-white spots; belly and throat gray with small, marmorated, brown and metallic blue blotches; ventral surface of arms and legs grayish-black with bluish metallic-white spots, some of them anastomosed; fingers, toes and distal regions of plantar surfaces yellow, proximal regions grayish-brown; upper iris light bronze and lower iris dark bronze, both parts with black reticulations. In preservative, the holotype has dorsal surfaces, head and scapular region grayish-tan, extremities brown, and supratympanic stripe black with a white stripe; most parts of the belly and throat are marmorated with grayish-white and dark brown spots; there are brown triangular marks on the upper lip; the palmar surfaces are grayish-white with some dark brown tonalities, and the plantar surfaces are brown with grayish-white toes; the groin is brown with small grayish-white blotches. FIGURE 4. Habitat at the type locality of Phrynopus miroslawae sp. nov. (A) and Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. (B) on August 2007. Measurements and proportions (in mm): SVL, 21.2; HL, 6.1; HW, 6.9; IND, 2.1; END, 1.8; ED, 2.3; TL, 9.0; FL, 10.1; IOD, 3.0; EW, 1.2; HL/SVL, 0.28; HW/SVL, 0.32; END/ED, 0.78; TL/SVL, 0.42; FL/ SVL, 0.47. Etymology. The name is a patronym for Nicole Morciniec (Poland) in recognition of her friendship and support of taxonomic research and nature conservation in Peru. Distribution and natural history. Phrynopus nicoleae is known only from the locality of Santa Bárbara, Distrito de Huancabamba, Provincia de Oxapampa, Departmento Pasco, at 3589 m.a.s.l. (Fig. 3). This species inhabits grasslands or puna areas (Fig. 4B). The holotype was collected during the dry season under a big stone. The only additional amphibian species found in sympatry was Gastrotheca griswoldi. TWO NEW SPECIES OF PHRYNOPUS Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press 55

FIGURE 5. Living adult female of Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. (MHNC 6441, holotype, SVL 21.2 mm) in dorsolateral (A), ventral (B) and dorsal (C) views. Photos by J. C. C. FIGURE 6. Ventral views of hand (A), and foot (B) of adult female Phrynopus nicoleae sp. nov. (MHNC 6441, holotype). 56 Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press CHAPARRO ET AL.

Discussion Although we have not performed osteological or molecular analyses to assess the generic assignment of the two newly described species, we tentatively assign these species to the genus Phrynopus based on distribution and overall similarity. The phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical direct-developing frogs and their classification have experienced great changes in the last years (see Frost 2007; Heinicke et al., 2007; Hedges et al., 2008). From a morphological standpoint, Phrynopus has traditionally been distinguished from other former "eleutherodactylines" by the absence of expanded digital tips with circumferential grooves (Lynch 1975). However, this external character does not always provide a clear distinction (Lehr 2006). Most species of Phrynopus are endemic to glacial valleys of the Andes where often a single species is the exclusive inhabitant of the suitable habitat. Only five cases of sympatry are known to date: P. horstpauli and P. heimorum (Lehr et al. 2000; Lehr 2001); P. dagmarae and P. kauneorum (Lehr et al. 2002); P. barthlenae and P. tautzorum (Lehr & Aguilar 2002, 2003); P. auriculatus, P. bracki, and P. tribulosus (Duellman & Hedges 2008); and P. miroslawae and P. nicoleae (this work). The last five species live in a small area in Yanachaga, which seems to harbor the highest known diversity of Phrynopus. Acknowledgments We thank O. Aguilar (MHNC), and J. H. Córdova and C. Aguilar (MHNSM) for providing material for this study. To A. J. Quiroz who provided assistance in the field, and all the staff of the Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (ANP), specially to the rangers, volunteers and coordinators. Idea Wild provided part of the field equipment. This work was partially funded by project KfW-Protección de Áreas Naturales PAN-II, INRENA-IANP y PROFONANPE, project CGL2005-03156 of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (I. De la Riva, Principal Investigator), and the family Jagielko-Morciniec, adventurers and nature lovers. References Darst, C.R. & Cannatella, D.C. (2004) Novel relationships among hyloid frogs inferred from 12S and 16S mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31, 462 475. De la Riva, I. (2007) Bolivian frogs of the genus Phrynopus, with the description of twelve new species (Anura: Brachycephalidae). Herpetological Monographs, 21, 242 278. Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. (2005) Eleutherodactyline frogs (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Yanachaga in Central Peru. Copeia, 3, 526 538. Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. (2008) Two new minute species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. Zootaxa, 1675, 59 66. Frost, D.R. (2007) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Date of access 25 March 2008). Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J. D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. (2006) The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297, 1 370. Hedges, S.B. (1990) A new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Peru. Copeia, 1990, 108 101. Hedges, S.B, Duellman, W.E., & Heinicke, M.P. (2008) New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa, 1737, 1 182. Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. (2007) Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104, 10092 10097. Lehr, E. (2001) A new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the eastern Andean slopes of central Peru. Salamandra, 37, 11 20. TWO NEW SPECIES OF PHRYNOPUS Zootaxa 1761 2008 Magnolia Press 57

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