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A Re-Assessment Of Priority Amphibian Species Of Peru, Edgar Lehr, Laurence Jarvis, Ariadne Angulo, Alessandro Catenazzi, Rudolf Von May, Jason Brown, James Lewis Aug 2015

A Re-Assessment Of Priority Amphibian Species Of Peru, Edgar Lehr, Laurence Jarvis, Ariadne Angulo, Alessandro Catenazzi, Rudolf Von May, Jason Brown, James Lewis

Edgar Lehr

Peru supports approximately 588 amphibian species, of which 492 have been assessed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Of these, 111 are classified as Threatened, with 69 species classified as Critically Endangered or Endangered. In addition, 140 amphibian species remain Data Deficient. We re-assessed the conservation status of 38 amphibian species originally identified as potentially Threatened by von May et al. (2008), using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Fourteen species assessments changed as a result of re-assessment, of which eight changed from Data Deficient to Threatened; two changed from Data Deficient to Near Threatened and Least …


A New Species Of Telmatobius (Amphibia, Anura, Telmatobiidae) From The Pacific Slopes Of The Andes, Peru, Edgar Lehr, Alessandro Catenazzi, Victor Vargas Feb 2015

A New Species Of Telmatobius (Amphibia, Anura, Telmatobiidae) From The Pacific Slopes Of The Andes, Peru, Edgar Lehr, Alessandro Catenazzi, Victor Vargas

Edgar Lehr

We describe a new species of Telmatobius from the Pacific slopes of the Andes in central Peru. Specimens were collected at 3900 m elevation near Huaytará, Huancavelica, in the upper drainage of the Pisco river. The new species has a snout–vent length of 52.5 ± 1.1 mm (49.3–55.7 mm, n = 6) in adult females, and 48.5 mm in the single adult male. The new species has bright yellow and orange coloration ventrally and is readily distinguished from all other central Peruvian Andean species of Telmatobius but T. intermedius by having vomerine teeth but lacking premaxillary and maxillary teeth, and …


A New Species Of Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura) From The Andes Of Northern Peru, Edgar Lehr, David Dickinson, '14 Apr 2014

A New Species Of Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura) From The Andes Of Northern Peru, Edgar Lehr, David Dickinson, '14

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


A Minute New Species Of Frog (Strabomantidae, Pristimantis) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Cecilia Boyd, '15 Apr 2014

A Minute New Species Of Frog (Strabomantidae, Pristimantis) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Cecilia Boyd, '15

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


A New Species Of Frog Of The Genus Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Anton Baltuska, '13 Apr 2013

A New Species Of Frog Of The Genus Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Anton Baltuska, '13

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


Hypoxia-Ischemia In The Immature Brain And Mechanisms Of Reducing Tissue Damage, Edgar Lehr, Susan Vannucci, Faculty Advisor, Victoria Simmons, '12 Apr 2012

Hypoxia-Ischemia In The Immature Brain And Mechanisms Of Reducing Tissue Damage, Edgar Lehr, Susan Vannucci, Faculty Advisor, Victoria Simmons, '12

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


A New Species Of Frog (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) From Peru With Comments On Its Ectoparasites (Acari: Trombiculidae), Edgar Lehr, Alan Brus, '12 Apr 2012

A New Species Of Frog (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) From Peru With Comments On Its Ectoparasites (Acari: Trombiculidae), Edgar Lehr, Alan Brus, '12

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


A New Species Of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) From The Amazonian Lowlands Of Northern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Luis A.G. Gagliardi Urrutia, Jiri Moravec Nov 2010

A New Species Of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) From The Amazonian Lowlands Of Northern Peru, Edgar Lehr, Luis A.G. Gagliardi Urrutia, Jiri Moravec

Edgar Lehr

We describe a new species of Pristimantis from the vicinity of Puerto Almendras, ca. 17 km straight southwest of Iquitos, Provincia Maynas, Region Loreto, Peru. With seven other species (P. carvalhoi, P. croceoinguinis, P. divnae, P. lirellus, P. minutulus, P. toftae, P. variabilis) from the Amazonian lowlands and lower eastern Andes in Peru, the new species shares a yellow groin and broadly expanded discs on fingers and toes. However, the new species can be distinguished by the follow¬ing combination of characters: snout–vent length 14.8 mm in the single male, 20.0–22.0 mm in females, strongly tubercular dorsal skin, absence of dorsolateral …


Non-Standard Sources In A Standardized World: Responsible Practice And Ethics Of Acquiring Turtle Specimens For Scientific Use, Edgar Lehr, Russell Burke, Linda Ford, Steve Mockford, Peter Pritchard, Jose Rosado, Darrell Senneke, Bryan Stuart Nov 2007

Non-Standard Sources In A Standardized World: Responsible Practice And Ethics Of Acquiring Turtle Specimens For Scientific Use, Edgar Lehr, Russell Burke, Linda Ford, Steve Mockford, Peter Pritchard, Jose Rosado, Darrell Senneke, Bryan Stuart

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.


Frogs Of The Genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactyl Idae) In The Cordillera Occidental In Peru With Descriptions Of Three New Species, Edgar Lehr, William E. Duellman Jun 2007

Frogs Of The Genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactyl Idae) In The Cordillera Occidental In Peru With Descriptions Of Three New Species, Edgar Lehr, William E. Duellman

Edgar Lehr

Three new species of Eleutherodactylus are described from the Rio Zana Valley in the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occidental in the Departamento de Cajamarca, Peru. One of the species is a member of the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus Group, and two are members of the Eleutherodactylus unstrigatus Group.We recognize 15 species of Eleutherodactylus in the Cordillera Occidental; 10 of these species are reported for the first time from the Cordillera Occidental. Four of these species are shared with the Cordillera Occidental in Ecuador, and five are shared with the Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.


Two New Species Of Marsupial Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) From The Cordillera Oriental In Central Peru, Edgar Lehr, William E. Duellman, Daniel Rodriguez, Rudolf Von May Jun 2004

Two New Species Of Marsupial Frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) From The Cordillera Oriental In Central Peru, Edgar Lehr, William E. Duellman, Daniel Rodriguez, Rudolf Von May

Edgar Lehr

A distinctive new species of Gastrotheca from the Rio Chanchamayo Valley in the Cordillera Oriental in Peru is the only known member of the genus that lacks a tympanum. Another new species from the Cordillera de Carpish is distinctive in having a pair of lateral brood pouches and only basal webbing on the foot.