. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. 168 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 159, No. 2. Figure 12. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Phrynopus kotosh (FSM 103969, holotype, SVL mm). Distribution and Ecology. The species is only known from the type locality in north- eastern Departamento de Ayacucho near Chiquintirca (Map 1). Rapi is likely the short form for Hacienda Rapi (13°5'51"S, 73°48'49"W). Telmatobius walkeri was also described from "Rapi, one hundred and eight kilometers east of Ayacucho, De- partment of A
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. 168 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 159, No. 2. Figure 12. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Phrynopus kotosh (FSM 103969, holotype, SVL mm). Distribution and Ecology. The species is only known from the type locality in north- eastern Departamento de Ayacucho near Chiquintirca (Map 1). Rapi is likely the short form for Hacienda Rapi (13°5'51"S, 73°48'49"W). Telmatobius walkeri was also described from "Rapi, one hundred and eight kilometers east of Ayacucho, De- partment of Ayacucho, Peru" (Shreve, 1941:79). Hacienda Rapi is at 3,411 m above sea level. No other species of Phry- nopus or Pristimantis are known from this locality. Nothing is known about its ecol- ogy- Phrynopus kotosh sp. nov. Map 1, Figures 12-13 Holotype. FSM 103969 (Fig. 12), an adult female collected at km W of Huancapallac at 2,950 m on 9 March 1969, Provincia de Huanuco, Departamento de Huanuco, Peru, by F G. Thompson. Paratijpes. Two adult females (FSM 103967-68), four adult males (FSM 103970-73), collected on 9 March 1969 with the holotype by F. G. Thompson. Diagnosis. A medium-sized species of Phrynopus having knob-shaped terminal phalanges and the following combination of characters: (1) Skin on dorsum shagreen with scattered tubercles, that on venter areolate; discoidal fold absent, thoracical fold present; discontinuous dorsolateral folds present; (2) tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus absent; (3) snout acutely rounded in dorsal view, rounded in lateral view; (4) upper eyelid with small tubercles; width of upper eyelid narrower than IOD; cranial crests absent; (5) dentigerous pro- cesses of vomers ovoid, oblique, widely separated, each bearing 2 long teeth; (6) males lacking vocal slits and nuptial pads; (7) finger I shorter than finger II; tips of digits rounded; (8) fingers without lateral fringes; (9) ulnar and tarsal tubercles pres- ent; (10) heel with
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