We describe a new species, Telmatobius chusmisensis, from Chusmisa, Iquique Province, northern Chile. The new taxon is diagnosed by characteristics of the adult morphology, osteology, larval external morphology, and chromosomes. The new species is compared with its Chilean congeners and differs from them in presenting all the carpal elements cartilaginous. The tadpole of T. chusmisensis lack intramarginal mental papillae sharing this character with other Chilean species of the genus.
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1 June 2006
A NEW SPECIES OF TELMATOBIUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM NORTHERN CHILE
J. Ramón Formas,
César C. Cuevas,
José J. Nuñez
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Herpetologica
Vol. 62 • No. 2
June 2006
Vol. 62 • No. 2
June 2006
Amphibia
Anura
chromosomes
Leptodactylidae
northern Chile
osteology
sp. nov