Distribuição e notas de história natural do lagarto peruano Proctoporus laudahnae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

Desde su descripción, poco se conoce a cerca de la lagartija Proctoporus laudahnae. Basados en seis individuos colectados recientemente en la localidad Achupampa, en las laderas orientales andinas del centro de Perú, presentamos aquí información novedosa sobre su distribución geográfica, coloración en vida, variación en la escamación e historia naturalDesde sua descrição, há poucas informações sobre o lagarto Proctoporus laudahnae. Com base em seis indivíduos coletados recentemente na localidade de Achupampa, nas encostas andinas orientais do centro do Perú, apresentamos aqui informações inéditas sobre sua distribuição geográfica, coloração em vida, variação na escamação e história naturalLittle has been learned about the lizard Proctoporus laudahnae since its description. Based on six specimens collected recently from Achupampa, on the eastern Andean slopes of central Peru, we present data about its geographic distribution, coloration in life, pholidosis variation, and natural histor

New observations on diet of the South American two-striped forest-pitviper <i>Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus</i> (Hoge, 1966)

The arboreal, nocturnal and widely distributed snake Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus (Squamata, Viperidae) is known as a generalist whose diet items have rarely been identified to species level. In this work we report three new items for its diet: an adult frog Dendropsophus marmoratus (Anura, Hylidae), an adult lizard Thecadactylus solimoensis (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae), and an adult bat Carollia brevicauda (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), the latter being the first record of predation of a Chiropteran by this species.Asociación Herpetológica Argentin

New observations on diet of the South American two-striped forest-pitviper <i>Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus</i> (Hoge, 1966)

The arboreal, nocturnal and widely distributed snake Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus (Squamata, Viperidae) is known as a generalist whose diet items have rarely been identified to species level. In this work we report three new items for its diet: an adult frog Dendropsophus marmoratus (Anura, Hylidae), an adult lizard Thecadactylus solimoensis (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae), and an adult bat Carollia brevicauda (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), the latter being the first record of predation of a Chiropteran by this species.Asociación Herpetológica Argentin

New observations on diet of the South American two-striped forest-pitviper <i>Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus</i> (Hoge, 1966)

The arboreal, nocturnal and widely distributed snake Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus (Squamata, Viperidae) is known as a generalist whose diet items have rarely been identified to species level. In this work we report three new items for its diet: an adult frog Dendropsophus marmoratus (Anura, Hylidae), an adult lizard Thecadactylus solimoensis (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae), and an adult bat Carollia brevicauda (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), the latter being the first record of predation of a Chiropteran by this species.Asociación Herpetológica Argentin

A new species of marsupial frog (Anura; Gastrotheca) from the Cordillera de Colán in northeastern Peru

We describe a new species of marsupial frog, genus Gastrotheca, using morphological characters and molecular data as lines of evidence. The new species was discovered in the páramo and the ecotone between páramo and humid montane forest of Cordillera de Colán, at elevations between 3136 and 3179 m a.s.l., in northeastern Peru. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: coarsely granular skin on dorsum, a green dorsal coloration without pattern, finger I shorter than finger II, turquoise iris, and a venter without blotches, flecks or dots. Furthermore, we include a detailed osteological description of the new Gastrotheca species based on Micro-CT scanning. Based on our phylogenetic analyses, the new species belongs to the Gastrotheca marsupiata species group, is sister to G. oresbios and closely related to G. psychrophila, G. spectabilis, G. stictopleura and one undescribed species. Additionally, we test for the presence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). No Bd infection was detected for G. gemma sp. nov. specimens but Bd prevalence was detected among syntopic frogs