Guayasamin Juan M, Cisneros-Heredia Diego F, Vieira José, Kohn Sebastián, Gavilanes Gabriela, Lynch Ryan L, Hamilton Paul S, Maynard Ross J
Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto BIÓSFERA-USFQ, Campus Cumbayá, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador.
PeerJ. 2019 Feb 26;7:e6400. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6400. eCollection 2019.
We describe a new glassfrog from Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, on the Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new species can be distinguished from most other glassfrogs by having numerous yellow spots on the dorsum and lacking membranes among fingers. Both morphological and molecular data support the placement of the species in the genus . We present a new mitochondrial phylogeny of and discuss the speciation patterns of this genus; most importantly, recent speciation events seem to result from the effect of the linearity of the Andes. Finally, although the new species occurs within a private reserve, it is seriously endangered by mining activities; thus, following IUCN criteria, we consider the new species as Critically Endangered.
我们描述了一种来自厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉太平洋斜坡上伊马布拉省曼杜里亚库河保护区的新玻璃蛙。该新物种可通过背部有许多黄色斑点且手指间无蹼与大多数其他玻璃蛙区分开来。形态学和分子数据均支持将该物种置于 属中。我们展示了 属的一个新的线粒体系统发育树，并讨论了该属的物种形成模式；最重要的是，近期的物种形成事件似乎是安第斯山脉线性特征作用的结果。最后，尽管新物种出现在一个私人保护区内，但它因采矿活动而面临严重濒危；因此，根据世界自然保护联盟的标准，我们将该新物种列为极度濒危物种。
