A new species of rainfrog of the genus Diasporus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Serrania de Tabasara, Panama

作者：Batista Abel^*; Ponce Marcos; Hertz Andreas

来源：Zootaxa, 2012, (3410): 51-60.

• Diasporus igneus sp nov.
• advertisement call
• natural history
• Comarca Ngobe Bugle
• cloud forest

A new frog species of the genus Diasporus is described from Llano Tugri, Corregimiento de Pena Blanca, Distrito de Muna, Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, Serrania de Tabasara, west-central Panama, around 1700 m a.s.l. The new species differs from all other members of the genus by a combination of morphological characters, in particular, its large size, its dorsal skin texture and its bright coloration. This species is the largest species in the genus Diasporus; it is an inhabitant of cloud forest, living among mosses and bromeliads. All specimens were found between the understory (approximate to 1-2 m) and the mid-canopy (approximate to 2-10 m). The call of this species consists of single, short notes that are reminiscent of a %26quot;whistle%26quot; and range from 2.0 to 2.7 kHz. Herein we present, besides morphological data used to describe the new species, the description of the male mating call, a distribution map, and brief ecological notes.

• 出版日期2012-8-6