Heterophrynus yarigui Álvarez, de Armas & Diaz, 2015
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https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.52.150357 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15465347 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/99C1D0E4-D3B0-5134-A908-2FDA9C8D6F5D |
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Heterophrynus yarigui Álvarez, de Armas & Diaz, 2015 |
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Heterophrynus yarigui Álvarez, de Armas & Diaz, 2015 View in CoL
Figs 8 A – F View Figure 8 , 9 A – D View Figure 9 , 15 View Figure 15
Material examined.
Colombia • 2 ♀ 4 ♂; Tolima Department; Cueva de Los Guácharos; Cueva el Edén, Municipio Cunday 04°00'42.69"N, 74°45'18.05"W; altitude 840 m a. s. l.; Carlos A. Lasso leg. ( IAvH -I-7878 ) (New departamental record) GoogleMaps .
Remarks.
Specimens were collected within a cave, constituting the first troglophilic record for this species, until now known exclusively from epigean habitats (dry forest gullies with rocky substrates and root systems; Armas 2015). Diagnostic characters (pedipalps, gonopods) (Figs 8 A – F View Figure 8 , 9 A – D View Figure 9 ) match the original description ( Armas 2015), showing no troglomorphic adaptations. This demonstrates facultative cave colonization, mirroring ecological plasticity observed in other Heterophrynus species.
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