FIRST RECORD OF COMPLETE ALBINISM IN A SPECIES OF THE GENUS Pristimantis JIMÉNEZ DE LA ESPADA, 1870 (ANURA: STRABOMANTIDAE) IN THE ECUADORIAN ANDES

Authors

  • Jaime Culebras Photo Wildlife Tours http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-6605
  • Francesca Angiolani Department of behavioral ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.476

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Chromatic aberration, coloration, direct development, Ecuador

Abstract

We found an albino individual of the genus Pristimantis in the Ecuadorian Andes. This is the first case of complete albinism for direct-developing anurans in the Neotropics and the first record in amphibians for Ecuador.

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2023-02-15 — Updated on 2023-02-21

How to Cite

Culebras, J., & Angiolani, F. (2023). FIRST RECORD OF COMPLETE ALBINISM IN A SPECIES OF THE GENUS Pristimantis JIMÉNEZ DE LA ESPADA, 1870 (ANURA: STRABOMANTIDAE) IN THE ECUADORIAN ANDES. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 6(01), 32–35. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.476

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 01 (2023): Amphibians and Reptiles: diversity and natural history

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Notas Científicas

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