Alsodes kaweshkari Formas, Cuevas & Nuñez 1998

Junov

Diagnosis Can be distinguished from its congeneric species by the following combination of characters: snout-vent length 56.5-62.2 mm; toes totally fringed; webbing of feet present between all toes, but reduced; dorso-lateral surfaces granular; skin around vent and posterior thighs granular.

Known from two Chilean localities (Puerto Eden and Seno Huemules) in Ultima Esperanza Province, Magallanes and Chilean Antartic Region (XII Region), Chile.

herbácea

semeadura em abril

Calendulae flos, saponina, ácido triterpenóide, outros glicósidos e calendulósidos, sucos amargos e óleos essenciais (11)

sementes

Adult morphology Body robust, arms and legs well developed. Head depressed, slightly wider than long, its length 29% of snout-vent length. Snout truncated from above, rounded in lateral profile; canthus rostralis slightly rounded, loreal region concave in cross section; nostrils anterolateral, midway between tip of snout and anterior border of eye; eye diameter greater than distance between eye and nostril; internaria1 distance less than interorbital distance. Tympanum absent; postocular fold evident, reaching insertion of arm. Tongue rounded, without notch at tip. Choanae oval-shaped; dentigerous processes of vomer between choanae. Forelimbs of males robust. Fingers in order of increasing length: II, I, IV, III. Webbing of hand absent. Fingers long with moderately globular - tips. Inner palmar tubercle ovoid, outer pales mar tubercle rounded; subarticular tubercles rounded. First finger with strong thorny excrescences; second finger with narrow band of spines. Palmar surface with few thorns irregularly distributed. Spines also present at lower border of mandible. Toes long. thick and fringed; in order of increasing length: I-II- III-V-IV, tips moderately rounded. Webbing present, thick, but reduced. Inner metatarsal tubercle oval, elongate; outer tubercle smaller than the inner, oval. Tarsal fold present; reaching middle of tarsus. Flanks and dorsal surface granular; ventral skin smooth with minute granules; skin around vent and posterior thighs granular. Chest of males with two bilateral rounded black patches of keratinous spines. Dorsal surfaces of head and areas below dorsolateral fold with granules. Measurements (in mm): Male snout-vent length 62.2, head length 17.7, head width 24.2, eye diameter 7.0, nostril-snout distance 4.0, internaria1 distance 5.7, tibia length 27.7, foot length 33.8. Female snout-vent length 59.9, head length 16.4, head width 22.8, eye diameter 6.7, nostril-snout distance 3.6, internaria1 distance 5.4, tibia length 27.4, foot length 30.9. Coloration in alcohol: dorsal surfaces of ground, arms and legs dark gray. Venter whitish, gular area dark gray. Arms and legs whitish ventrally. The granular surface around posterior thighs dark gray. Coloration in life: dorsal surface, arms and legs brown. Belly whitish yellow. Areas around nostrils, lips and eyes light brown. The iris with a coppery reticulum.

Europa

DD. Data Deficient.