Lynchius parkeri

{{Speciesbox

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=Lynchius parkeri |volume=2018 |page=e.T57221A89212150 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57221A89212150.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lynchius parkeri

| authority = (Lynch, 1975)

| synonyms = Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975

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Lynchius parkeri, also known as Parker's Andes frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in northern Peru (Cordillera de Huancabamba, Department of Piura) and southern Ecuador (Yacurí National Park, Loja Province). The specific name parkeri honors Hampton Wildman Parker, English zoologist and herpetologist.

Description

Adult males measure {{convert|21|-|28|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|25|-|35|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The head is as long as it is wide or slightly longer; the snout is rounded. The tympanum is indistinct. The fingers and toes have narrowly rounded tips; no webbing is present. The dorsum is gray, reddish, or grayish brown, or dark brown. The flanks are dark brown with metallic green mottling. The venter is dark gray to black with large yellow blotches on the belly in males, but yellow with brown reticulations on the belly in females.

Habitat and conservation

Lynchius parkeri occurs in humid montane forests and páramo at elevations of {{convert|2700|–|3397|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Individuals have been found hiding under rocks and in bunchgrass or low vegetation. Development is direct (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=166}}).

Lynchius parkeri is an uncommon species. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by expanding agricultural activities. The Ecuadorian record is from a protected area (Yacurí National Park).

References

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{{cite web |url=https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/FichaEspecie/Lynchius%20parkeri |title=Lynchius parkeri |author=Navarrete, M. J. |year=2020 |editor1=Ron, S. R. |editor2=Merino-Viteri, A. |editor3=Ortiz, D. A. |name-list-style=amp |work=Anfibios del Ecuador. Version 2019.0 |publisher=Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ) |access-date=10 April 2021}}

{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA152 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |pages=162–163}}

{{cite journal |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Lynchius/Lynchius-parkeri |title=Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |journal=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=15 October 2022}}

{{cite journal |last1=Motta |first1=Ana P. |last2=Chaparro |first2=Juan C. |last3=Pombal, Jr. |first3=José P. |last4=Guayasamin |first4=Juan M. |last5=De la Riva |first5=Ignacio |last6=Padial |first6=José M. |name-list-style=amp|title=Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Andean genus Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 (Anura: Craugastoridae) |journal=Herpetological Monographs |date=2016 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=119–142 |doi=10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00002}}

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parkeri

Category:Amphibians of the Andes

Category:Amphibians of Ecuador

Category:Amphibians of Peru

Category:Páramo fauna

Category:Amphibians described in 1975

Category:Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot