. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. / Figure 3. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Pristimantis seorsus (AMNH 153054, holotype, SVL mm). lected with the holotype by L. O. Rodriguez on 10 June 1997. Diagnosis. A member of the P. orestes Group having the following combination of characters: (1) skin on dorsum shagreen with small tubercles; dorsolateral ridges forming discontinuous dorsolateral fold; skin on venter coarsely areolate; weak dis- coidal fold present; (2) tympanic mem- brane absent, tympanic annulus visible be- neath skin; (3) s
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. / Figure 3. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Pristimantis seorsus (AMNH 153054, holotype, SVL mm). lected with the holotype by L. O. Rodriguez on 10 June 1997. Diagnosis. A member of the P. orestes Group having the following combination of characters: (1) skin on dorsum shagreen with small tubercles; dorsolateral ridges forming discontinuous dorsolateral fold; skin on venter coarsely areolate; weak dis- coidal fold present; (2) tympanic mem- brane absent, tympanic annulus visible be- neath skin; (3) snout moderate, with a hor- izontal keel at its tip; snout broadly round- ed in dorsal view, rounded in lateral view; (4) upper eyelid with a short, longitudinal ridge at its posterior end contacting dis- continuous dorsolateral fold; upper eyelid width narrower than IOD; low cranial crests present; (5) dentigerous processes of vomers minute, oblique, embedded in mu- cosa of mouth; (6) males with small vocal sac; vocal slits and nuptial pads absent; (7) finger I shorter than finger II; discs on out- er ringers narrow, truncate; (8) fingers with broad lateral fringes; (9) ulnar with tuber- cles or short fold; outer tarsal tubercles forming ridges; (10) heel with a conical tu- bercle; long, inner tarsal fold present; (11) inner metatarsal tubercle ovoid, six times the size of elongate, narrow outer meta- tarsal tubercle; distinct supernumerary plantar tubercles present; (12) toes with broad lateral fringes; basal toe webbing present; toe V slightly longer than toe III; toe discs narrow, truncate, about the same size as discs on fingers; (13) in ethanol, dorsum pale grayish brown and dark gray mottled; venter tan and gray mottled; groin black with white blotches; (14) SVL in single female mm, in males — mm (n = 3). Pristimantis seorsus is the only species of Pristimantis currently known to occur above an elevation of 3,000 m in southern Peru. It is the southernmost
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