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A new locality, range extension and record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the endangered terrestrial breeding frog Pristimantis katoptroides Flores, 1988 (Anura: Craugastoridae) in Peru

  • 1. Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
  • 2. División de Herpetología, CORBIDI (Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad)., United States of America
  • 3. Department of Biology, San Francisco State University Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, United States of America
  • 4. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, United States of America

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We provide a new record of the poorly known and endangered Pristimantis katoptroides from the Cordillera Central in Peru, based on a specimen collected in the Alto Mayo Protected Forest, San Martin Department. We provide notes on the morphology and coloration of the species and two other specimens previously collected in Peru, as well as photographs and an updated map indicating the known localities of P. katoptroides. This record represents an extension of 210 km in the southern limit of the geographic range. Additionally, we report the presence of the chytrid fungus in this species.

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