Pristimantis aff. pluvialis, Shepack

Fouquet, Antoine, Vidal, Nicolas & Dewynter, Maël, 2019, The Amphibians of the Mitaraka massif, French Guiana, Zoosystema 41 (19), pp. 359-374 : 367

Pristimantis aff. pluvialis

Shepack, von May, Ttito & Catenazzi, 2016 ( Fig. 2E )

TYPE LOCALITY. — Peru, Región Cusco, Provincia Paucartambo, Distrito Kosñipata, Quitacalzón.

DISTRIBUTION. — This recently described species is only known from the Andean foothills of southern Peru and the Guiana shield populations are only known from the Mitaraka Massif.

TAXONOMIC REMARKS. — The population of this species likely belongs to an undescribed species related to Pristimantis pluvialis . This arboreal species was previously reported from two nearby localities: Mitaraka Nord (Gaucher com. pers), and Pic Coudreau du sud ( Blanc 2016) ( Fig. 1 ).

HABITAT IN MITARAKA. — It was found calling in large patches near small stream from 3-5 m above the ground in the vegetation notably bamboo patches.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — La Planète Revisitée Guyane 2015, MNHN-PNI, APA973 -1: AF2764 (♂); AF2782 (♂); AF2783 (♂); AF2872 (♂) .

MALE CALL. — MNHN-SO- 2019-21 ( AF2764 ) .

Figures

FIG. 2. — Seven remarkable species found during the survey: A, Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868); B, Anomaloglossus mitaraka Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Deschamps, Ouboter, Jairam, Gaucher, Dubois & Kok, 2019; C, Chiasmocleis aff. haddadi Peloso, Sturaro, Forlani, Gaucher, Motta & Wheeler, 2014; D, Hyalinobatrachium kawense Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc & Ernst, 2011; E, Pristimantis aff. pluvialis Shepack, von May, Ttito & Catenazzi, 2016; F, Synapturanus cf. mirandaribeiroi Nelson & Lescure, 1975; G, Microcaecilia cf. rochai Maciel & Hoogmoed, 2011.

FIG. 1. — Topographic map showing the localities of the present survey and of the previous ones that have been undertaken in a 100 km radius.