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Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2010
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- A new poison frog of the genus Epipedobates (Dendrobatoidea: Dendrobatidae) from the north-western Andes of Ecuador Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) nov Mindo Pichincha Aposematism poison frog We describe a new species, Epipedobates darwinwallacei sp. nov., from the area of Mindo, on northwestern Ecuador. It inhabits low montane forests in an elevational range of about 1250-1390 m. It differs from all congeneric species by its strong aposematic coloration and tarsal keels. Among species of Epipedobates, the new species has been confused with E. boulengeri and E. espinosai, but it differs from them by its dorsal coloration with bright orange to yellow spots. 2010 artículo científico 1390-5384 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=726180823014 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7261 Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías application/pdf Universidad San Francisco de Quito Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías (Ecuador) Num.3 Vol.2