Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, but faces severe pressures and
threats to its natural ecosystems. Numerous species have declined and require to be …

We present a flora and fauna dataset for the Mira-Mataje binational basins. This is an area
shared between southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, where both the Chocó …

 Abstract The rainfrogs of the genus Pristimantis are one of the most diverse groups of
vertebrates, with outstanding reproductive modes and strategies driving their success in …

Frequent biodiversity sampling and monitoring programs often lead to relevant taxonomic
findings. Here, as a product of different field expeditions to two places in the northern Andes …

 Abstract The explosive diversity of rainfrogs (Pristimantis spp) reaches its highest levels in
the mountains of the Tropical Andes, with remarkable cryptic species mainly in unexplored …

The white-sand ecosystems in the Solimões-Negro Interfluve are among the less studied in
Amazonia. Recent herpetological surveys conducted west of Manaus, Brazil (central …

Over the past decade, research in the montane forests of the Mira River basin, spanning
Ecuador and Colombia, has identified it as crucial for the adaptive radiation of flora and …

A new species of Pristimantis (Craugastoridae, subgenus Pristimantis) is described from a
relict and unexplored cloud forest in the western slope from Cordillera Oriental of the …

 Abstract Substantial molecular and morphological character differences lead us to the
description of a new species of the genus Pristimantis from the cloud forest of Cerro …

An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador is the first of four volumes, which are
comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative works, making them invaluable to …