TABLE 3. Comparative morphological characters of the Eleutherodactylus longipes species clade. Morphological information was obtained by examining type specimens (E. potosiensis) or photographs of type specimens of all species (except for E. marnockii).
Species E. campi E. coelum E. cystignathoides E. dennisi E. guttilatus E. leprus E. longipes E. marnockii E. potosiensis E. verrucipes
sp. nov.
Size Small Small Small Medium Medium Medium Large Medium Small Medium
SVL adult 16.3–23.5 13.51–19.88 15.97–21.18 22.8–28.4 20.6–29.0 20.0–26.5 22.1–33.2 18.4–28.9 21.23–23.16 17.5–26.1
males (range)
in mm
Condition of Usually Present Present Present Present Present Present or Absent Present Present or
interorbital bar absent triangle not
present
Tips of Finger Expanded Expanded Expanded and Greatly Slightly Slightly Greatly Expanded Expanded Slightly
III and IV and and truncated expanded and expanded expanded, expanded and truncated expanded
truncated truncated truncated truncated and
truncated
Subarticular Rounded Conical Rounded Conical and Conical Conical Rounded Conical Slightly Conical
tubercles rounded conical
Dorsal skin Coarsely Granular Weakly granular Shagreened to Smooth to Pustular Pustular Smooth Granular Pustular
texture granular granular moderately to weakly
pustular pustular
Ventral skin Smooth Smooth Areolate Weakly to Areolate Smooth Smooth Smooth Smooth Areolate
texture moderately
areolate
Presence or Absent Absent Absent Present or not Present Absent Absent Absent Absent Present
absence of
lumbo-inguinal
gland