FIRST RECORD OF Hyloxalus anthracinus EDWARDS, 1971 (ANURA: DENDROBATIDAE) IN PERU

Pablo J Venegas; Luis A Garcia-Ayachi

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.4.1048

Authors

Pablo J Venegas Rainforest Partnership
Luis A Garcia-Ayachi Instituto Peruano de Herpetología

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.4.1048

Keywords:

Ayabaca, Critically Endangered, Dendrobatidae, Peru, range extension, paramo

Abstract

To date, records of Critically Endangered species, Hyloxalus anthracinus, have been restricted to a narrow altitudinal zone between 2710-3500 m on the Cordillera Oriental and the Mazán River in southern Ecuador. On September 2007, we collected five males and one female of H. anthracinus that were found by day in a paramo at a swamp area close to the drainage of the San Antonio lagoon (4.768725°S, 79.454228°W; WGS 84), at an elevation of 3214 m a.s.l., Huamba District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Region, Peru. These specimens are the first records of H. anthracinus in Peru and represent a range extension of approximately 96 km SW from the nearest locality Abra Zamora in Ecuador.

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