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Centrolene zarza Székely, Córdova-Díaz, Hualpa-Vega, Hualpa-Vega, and Székely, 2023
Centrolene zarza Székely, Córdova-Díaz, Hualpa-Vega, Hualpa-Vega, and Székely, 2023, ZooKeys, 1149: 60. Holotype: MUTPL 932, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Refugio de Vida Silvestre El Zarza, quebrada “Las Mariposas” (3.8341°S, 78.5458°W; datum WGS84), 1434 m a.s.l.". https://zoobank.org/BE900409-8243-4494-8B40-FE76C52BC571
Common Names
Zarza Glassfrog (original publication).
Distribution
Ecuador on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental at 1685 m elevation and on the subandean cordillas of Condor and Kutuku, 1430 to 1905 m elevation: Province of Zamora Chinchipe: (1) El Zarza; (2) Los Encuentros, Relaves, 1470 m; (3) Concesión Minera Kinross-Aurelian, Los Encuentros, 1530 m; Province of Morona Santiago: (4) Sardinayacu, Parque Nacional Sangay, 1685 m; (5) Puchimi, Kutukú Cordillera, 1840 m.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Adult and larval morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. Ron, García, Brito-Zapata, Reyes-Puig, Figueroa-Coronel, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2024, Zoosyst. Evol., 100: 923–939, modified the diagnosis, provided a dot-map for the range, and discussed the conservation status.
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