Presence and distribution of Leptodactylus guianensis Heyer and de Sá, 2011 in Colombia: comparisons with other species in the L. latrans group

ABSTRACT

Leptodactylus guianensis is reported for the first time for Colombia along with a distributional map of the species. The species is the fifth species of the L. latrans species group documented in the country. Males possess a single, conical and slightly chisel-shaped thumb spine; only three species in the group have a single thumb spine. In collections, specimens of L. guianensis are misidentified as L. macrosternum, L. latrans or L. bolivianus. We provide morphological, colouration and habitat descriptions for where the species occurs in Colombia.

KEYWORDS:

• Morphology
• ecology
• habitat
• male nuptial spines
• distribution

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the local communities (Carrizal and communities of Matavén, sector Caño Fruta) for allowing and participating in the SINCHI Biological Inventories, and Leonel Naranjo and Joel Ganeden for support with fieldwork. We thank Sonia Sua, SINCHI, for assistance with the distribution map. This research was done under the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between the Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI and the University of Richmond. Rafael O. de Sá was supported by a Fulbright Award to Colombia. We appreciate comments from two anonymous reviewers and from Dr Jeffrey Streicher.

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Funding

This work was supported by a Fulbright US–Colombia Award.