title: A new species of Psychrophrynella (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Cordillera Real, Department La Paz, Bolivia.
abstract: We describe a new species of Psychrophrynella from a single locality in the Cordillera Real, in the Andes of Department of La Paz, Bolivia. Psychrophrynella teqta sp. nov. is highly variable in color pattern and differs from the species geographically closer mostly by presenting yellow or red blotches, usually absent in other species. In addition, the new species differs from all species in the genus because the males have a pulsed call. Males of this species show parental care, and the high number of eggs per nest suggest that perhaps more than one clutch might be attended by a single male. As other species in the genus, the new species is infected by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and thus, a conservation threat is already present upon its discovery.
authors.affiliation: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 28006 Madrid, Spain.; Email: iriva@mncn.csic.es.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De La Riva
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Burrowes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D049628:Body Size; D001838:Bolivia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014828:Vocalization, Animal