New species of frogs (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) from the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador

Abstract

Three species of Eleutherodactylus belonging to the E. unistrigatus group are named from Amazonian Ecuador. Eleutherodactylus martiae is a small species related to E. carvalhoi and E. croceoinguinis but differing in coloration and palatal dentition. Eleutherodactylus paululus is a very small green frog related to E. acuminatus but differing in size, color, and visibility of the tympana. Eleutherodactylus quaquaversus is a medium-sized species related to several high elevation Andean species but superficially similar to E. frater and E. ockendeni from the Chocoan lowlands and upper Amazonian lowlands, respectively. Three names proposed for upper Amazonian Eleutherodactylus are assigned to the synonymies of three other species. Eleutherodactylus anderssoni Lynch (replacement name for Syrrhophus calcaratus Andersson) is identical to E. ockendeni (Boulenger); E. hrevicrus Andersson is identical to E. altamazonicus Barbour and Dunn; and Hylodes festae Peracca is identical to E. galdi (Jimenez de la Espada).