South American Journal of Herpetology, 4(1), 2009, 9-16

2009 Brazilian Society of Herpetology

A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from

the area of Iquitos, Amazonian Peru
Ji Moravec1,5, Illich Arista Tuanama2, Pedro E. Prez3, and Edgar Lehr4
1
Department of Zoology, National museum, 115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic.
2 Urb. Sgto. Lores F 6, Iquitos, Peru.
3
Las Palmeras 324, Iquitos, Peru.
4 Natural History State Collection, Koenigsbruecker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany.
5
Corresponding author: jiri.moravec@nm.cz

Abstract. We describe a new species of the hylid frog genus Scinax from the Peruvian Upper Amazonian Lowlands (area of
Iquitos, Region Loreto, Peru). The new species belongs to the Scinax ruber clade and differs from all its members by having the
dorsal skin slightly to coarsely shagreen, by lacking conspicuous ulnar and tarsal tubercles, and in life by having a distinct light
olive-green coloration on dorsum, bright yellow flanks with distinct black spots, black posterior surfaces of thighs, and gold to
bronze iris.

Keywords. Anura, Hylidae, Scinax iquitorum new species, Amazonia, Peru.

Introduction of Scinax different from all other Upper Amazonian

Currently the hylid frog genus Scinax comprises
95 recognized species and represents the second rich-
est genus of the subfamily Hylinae (Frost, 2008).
Altogether eight species of Scinax are listed from
the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia (Duellman
and Wiens, 1992, 1993): S.chiquitanus (De la Riva,
1990), S.cruentommus (Duellman, 1972), S.funere-
us (Cope, 1874), S.garbei (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926),
S.ictericus Duellman and Wiens, 1993, S.oreites
Duellman and Wiens, 1993, S.pedromedinae (Henle,
1991), and S.rubber (Laurenti, 1768). Another five
species have been reported from the adjacent Amazo-
nia of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela (De
la Riva etal., 2000; Duellman, 1972; Goin, 1966;
Lutz, 1973; Pyburn, 1992; Rivero, 1961): S.baum-
gardneri (Rivero, 1961), S.boesemani (Goin, 1966),
S.fuscomarginatus (Lutz, 1925), S.lindsayi Pyburn,
1992, and S.nebulosus (Spix, 1824). Traditionally,
these species have been arranged in the species groups
of S.ruber, S.rostratus (Peters, 1863), S.staufferi
(Cope, 1865), and Scinax x-signatus (Spix, 1824)
(e.g. Duellman and Wiens, 1992, 1993; Pombal etal.,
1995). However, according to Faivovich (2002), it
appears to be more appropriate to include all the men-
tioned species in the more inclusive S.ruber clade.
In the framework of a scientific cooperation be-
tween the National Museum, Prague, Czech Repub-
lic, and the Universidad Nacional de la Amazona
Peruana, Iquitos, Peru, two of the authors (J.M. and
I.A.T.) conducted two short-term surveys of herpeto-
faunal diversity in the surroundings of Iquitos in 2001
(Moravec etal., 2002 a, b). At this occasion a species
species was discovered. It is herein described as a
new species.
Materials and Methods
The type series comprises one subadult and three
adult specimens. Sex was determined by presence or
absence of secondary sexual characters (vocal sac,
vocal slits) or by direct observation of the gonads.
All measurements and terminology follow Duellman
(1970, 2001). Snout-vent length (SVL) was mea-
sured to the nearest 0.5mm and other measurements
to the nearest 0.1mm with calipers. When structures
were smaller than 5mm, measurements were taken
with an ocular micrometer attached to a Leica MS
5 stereomicroscope. Webbing formulae follow Sav-
age and Heyer (1967) as modified by Myers and
Duellman (1982) and Savage and Heyer (1997).
Color in life was described based on field notes and
color photographs of live specimens. Drawings were
made by using a stereomicroscope with drawing tube
attachment.
Museum abbreviations are as follows: AMNH
American Museum of Natural History, New York,
U.S.A.; GNM Gteborg Natural History Museum,
Sweden; KU Natural History Museum of Kansas,
Lawrence; MUSM Museo de Historia Natural,
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Markos, Lima,
Peru; NMP6V and NMP6F: National Museum (Natu-
ral History), Prague, Czech Republic; ZFMK Zool-
ogisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander
Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
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Results can be detected in proximal outer edge of tarsus);

(4)tubercles absent on heel; (5)tubercles absent on
Scinax iquitorum sp.nov. (Figs.13) lower jaw; (6)skin on dorsum slightly to coarsely

Holotype MUSM 27577, adult female from the vicin-

ity of Puerto Almendras (034946S, 0732232W;
ca.120m a.s.l.,), ca.17km straight SW of Iquitos,
Region Loreto, Peru, collected by J. Moravec on 8
April 2002.

Paratypes NMP6V 71267/13, one adult male, one

adult female, and one subadult, collected at the type
locality by J. Moravec on 89 April 2002.

Referred material (photo vouchers) Adult female

(photo numbers NMP6F 12) from middle stream
of Rio Nanay, 033149S, 0742525W, collected
by Pedro E. Prez on date; adult female (photo num-
ber NMP6F 36), area of Rio Yavari, 043931S,
0720246W, collected by Pedro E. Prez.

Diagnosis A moderate-sized species of the ge-

nus Scinax (webbing between toes I and II does not
extend beyond the subarticular tubercule of toe I)
belonging to the Scinax ruber clade (sensu Faivov-
ich, 2002) characterized by the following combina-
tion of characters: (1)male SVL 35.0mm, females
38.5mm; (2)snout rounded, not acuminate, in dor- Figure1. (A)Head, (B)hand, and (C)foot of Scinax iquitorum
sal and lateral views; (3)ulnar and tarsal tubercles sp.n. (holotype MUSM 27577, female; SVL 38.5). Scale bar
indistinct (inconspicuous traces of small tubercles equals 5mm.

Figure2. Variation in dorsal color pattern of Scinax iquitorum sp.n.: holotype (left) and paratypes (NMP6V 71267/2,1,3). Scale bar equals
10mm.
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shagreen; (7)in life, dorsum light olive-green to
brown; (8)in life, flanks bright yellow with distinct
round black spots becoming gradually larger from
axillae to groin; (9)in life, concealed surfaces of legs
black; (10)in life, iris gold to bronze with irregular
dark reticulation.
Comparison with other species Scinax iquitorum
can be distinguished from all the species known from
Upper Amazonian Lowlands by the following charac-
ter states (states in other species are described in pa-
rentheses according to Cope, 1870, 1874; Boulenger,
1882; Donoso-Barros, 1965 1964; Duellman, 1971,
1972; Duellman and Wiens, 1993; De la Riva, 1990;
Goin, 1966; Melin, 1941; Peters, 1863; Pyburn, 1992;
Rivero, 1961; Spix, 1824; Werner, 1899).
The nonacuminate snout, the absence of tubercles
on head, dorsum, heels, and lower jaw, and the ab-
sence of conical ulnar and tarsal tubercles differentiate
it from S.garbei, S.nebulosus, and S.pedromedinae.
It differs from S.funereus (Fig.4) by its slightly
to coarsely shagreen skin on the dorsum and legs (tu-
berculate), by the absence of a conspicuous pattern
of dark brown spots and elongate marks on dorsum
and transverse bars on limbs, by the yellow flanks
with black spots (yellow with dark brown stripes
or series of dashes), and black posterior surfaces of
thighs (yellow with dark pigmentation concentrated
into dark brown spots or longitudinal stripes or pale
with discrete dark blotches).
From S.oreites it differs by the absence of creamy
white dorsolateral stripes, by having yellow flanks
with black round spots (tan or brown) and black pos-
terior surfaces of thighs (brown with yellow blotch
distally).
It differs from S.ruber (Fig.5) by the lack of tan
to yellow dorsolateral stripes, by having yellow flanks
with black round spots (cream with yellow spots usu-
ally edged with black in the groin) and by the black
posterior surfaces of thighs (brown with yellow to or-
ange mottling enclosed in darker pigment).
Scinax iquitorum is larger than S.baumgardneri
(male holotype, 29.0mm), S.boesemani (maximum
SVL in males 32.1mm), S.chiquitanus (maximum
SVL in males 33.3mm and in females 36.2mm),
S.cruentommus (maximum SVL in males 27.1mm
and in females 30.6mm), S.fuscomarginatus (maxi-
mum SVL in males 22.4mm; Faivovich, unpublished
data), S.ictericus (maximum SVL in males 31.6mm
and in females 33.5mm) and S.lindsayi (maximum
SVL in females 27.7mm). Furthermore, S.iquitorum
differs from S.baumgardneri in its dorsal coloration
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(chlorine green in life); from S.boesemani in hav-
ing black spots on dorsum and flanks (canthal and
post-ocular dark stripes only) and in the black pos-
terior surfaces of thighs (without pattern and paler
than the dorsum); from S.chiquitanus by the yellow
flanks with black round spots (tan with or without
small dark spots) and the black posterior surfaces of
thighs (uniform tan, with or without a broad, dark
brown longitudinal stripe or lightly pigmented spots);
from S.cruentommus (Fig.6) in lacking a horizon-
tal red streak through the eye, by the yellow flanks
with black round spots (pale with or without small
dark spots), and the black posterior surfaces of thighs
(tan with diffuse covering of dark brown pigment);
from S.fuscomarginatus by the more robust body
(slender) and presence of black spots on dorsum and
flanks (canthal and dorsolateral dark stripes only);
from S.ictericus in lacking conspicuous ulnar and
tarsal tubercles, in the absence of small tubercles in
the supratympanic region, by the yellow flanks with
black round spots (creamy white usually with small
round black or dark brown spots), and in the absence
of transverse bars on limbs; from S.lindsayi by the
more robust body (slender) and lack of canthal stripe
and dark brown bars on limbs.
Description of holotype Adult female, body mod-
erately slender; head narrower than body; head width
33.2% of SVL; head length 32.5% of SVL; head
slightly wider than long; snout bluntly rounded in
dorsal and lateral views (Fig.1); eye-nostril distance
equal to eye diameter; nostril slightly protuberant,
its anterior margin at the same level of the anterior
margin of lower jaw; internarial region moderately
depressed; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region
slightly concave; top of head flat; interorbital dis-
tance wider than upper eyelid width, 33.6% of head
width; eye diameter 32.0% of head width; supratym-
panic fold weakly marked; tympanum distinct, round,
slightly wider horizontally; tympanum diameter
56.1% of eye diameter.
Axillary membrane absent; pectoral fold barely
visible. Ulnar tubercles absent; fingers moderately
long, bearing relatively large elliptical discs and nar-
row lateral fringes; palmar tubercle flat, bifid; thenar
tubercle slightly protruding, elliptical, with two and
half to three times the size of subarticular tubercles;
subarticular tubercle of finger I subconical, as wide as
the digit, proximally followed by a distinct smaller tu-
bercle; tubercles of fingers IIIV rounded, protruding,
as wide as digits, being the distal tubercle of finger
IV more developed than the others; supernumerary
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Figure3. Male paratype NMP6V 71267/1 of Scinax iquitorum
sp.n. in life from Puerto Almendras, Region Loreto, Peru.
Photograph by J. Moravec.
Figure5. Scinax ruber (NMP6V 71152, male), from Puerto
Almendras, Region Loreto, Peru. Photograph by J. Moravec.
tubercles barely evident; all fingers basally webbed
(Fig.1).
Hind limbs moderately long; heels of adpressed
hindlimbs markedly overlap each other; tibiotarsal
articulation extending approximately to the ante-
rior edge of eye; tarsal fold absent; tarsal tubercles
inconspicuous (very small tubercles can be detected
on proximal outer edge of tarsus); tibia length 48.6%
of SVL; foot length 37.9% of SVL; inner metatarsal
tubercle low, flat, elliptical; outer metatarsal tubercle
small, round; toes bearing elliptical discs, about as
large as those of fingers; subarticular tubercles round,
protruding, as wide as digits, larger than those on fin-
gers; supernumerary tubercles barely evident; web-
bing on toes I22II12III12+IV21V (Fig.1). Skin
on dorsum slightly shagreen; skin on throat and chest
Figure4. Scinax funereus (KU221960b, female), from San
Jacinto, Region Loreto, Peru. Photograph by W. E. Duellman.
Figure6. Scinax cruentommus (KU221958, unsexed), Teniente
Lopez, Region Loreto, Peru. Photograph by W. E. Duellman.
smooth; skin on belly and ventral surfaces of thighs
granular; tongue ovoid; transverse vomerine dentig-
erous processes between ovoid choanae, narrowly
separated medially, bearing 7/6 teeth (left/right).
Measurements (inmm): SVL 38.5; tibia length
18.7; foot length 14.6; head length 12.5; head width
12.8; internarial distance 3.0; interorbital distance
4.3; width of upper eyelid width 3.1; eye diameter
4.1; tympanum diameter 2.3.
Color in life Dorsum light olive-green to brown;
dorsal pattern consisting of small round dark dots ran-
domly distributed on head and concentrated mostly
in areas of inconspicuous darker interorbital, scapular
and sacral transverse blotches; similar dots on lips;
flanks bright yellow with very distinct black round
spots gradually larger from axillae to groin; anteri-
or surfaces of thighs and concealed surfaces of legs
black; ventral surfaces white; a row of black round
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spots on the anterior ventral side of the thighs; plan-
tar surfaces grayish; iris gold to bronze with irregular
dark reticulation; long bones of hindlimbs green.
Coloration in preservative Dorsum gray to brown
with inconspicuous darker interorbital, scapular and
sacral transverse blotches; flanks and ventral surfaces
white; dots and spots on dorsum and flanks dark gray
to black; anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs gray
or black.
Variation The adult paratypes and referred speci-
mens closely resemble the holotype. Body measure-
ments (in millimeters) of two adult paratypes (female
and male) and one subadult specimen are as follows:
SVL 38.5, 35.0, 20.5; tibia length 18.9, 16.9, 10.9;
foot length 14.8, 13.4, 7.8; head length 12.6, 11.6, 7.5;
head width 12.7, 11.8, 7.3; internarial distance 3.0,
2.7, 1.0; interorbital distance 4.0, 3.8, 2.3; width of
eyelid , 3.0, 1.8; diameter of eye 4.0, 3.9, 2.3; diame-
ter of tympanum 2.0, 1.8, 1.0. The pectoral fold of all
paratypes is less marked than in the holotype. Varia-
tion in foot webbing is I2(22+)II(11+)(22+)III12+
IV2(11+)V. Number of teeth on vomerine dentiger-
ous processes in adult paratypes (female, male) 5/8,
6/7 (left/right). The male paratype (Fig.3) resembles
the females in all aspects except for the subarticular
tubercles, which are more prominent (subconical to
conical), and supernumerary tubercles, which are
distinct. The shape of the vocal sac is unclear; nev-
ertheless it does not seem to be enlarged. The vocal
slits extend from the lateral base of tongue (roughly
in two-thirds of its length from the anterior edge) to
the angles of jaws. Coloration of paratypes is similar
to that of the holotype (Fig.2). Throat and chest of
the male paratype are yellow in life.
Distribution and ecology Scinax iquitorum is known
from the area of Rio Nanay and Peruvian Rio Yavari,
Region Loreto, Peru (Fig.7). The type locality cor-
responds to the area called Arboretum lying on the
right bank of the Rio Nanay at the village of Puerto
Almendras. This territory is covered by disturbed pri-
mary rainforest and serves as a field study area of the
Universidad Nacional de la Amazona Peruana, Iqui-
tos (UNAP). The forest is not cleared but a permanent
dense grid of trails is maintained there. The area can
be roughly divided into non-flooded and seasonally
flooded zones along the Rio Nanay. The collected
specimens were found at night in the non-flooded
zone of the closed forest (from its periphery to the
border of the flooded area). All the individuals were
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Figure7. Schematic map showing the known distribution of
Scinax iquitorum sp.n. Square indicates the type locality. Shaded
areas indicate elevations above 500m a.s.l
sitting on leafs or palm trunks up to 150 cm high.
Both adult females were gravid. The only collected
male did not vocalize. Thirteen other hylid species
(including Scinax garbei and S.ruber) were recorded
in the area of the type locality of S.iquitorum (see
Moravec etal. 2002b), from which Dendropsophus
parviceps, Hypsiboas microderma, Osteocephalus
planiceps, O.taurinus and S.garbei were found to
occur syntopically with the new species.
Etymology The new taxon is dedicated to the na-
tive South American tribe called Iquito. In Peru the
Iquitos inhabit small settlements on the banks of the
Maran, Tigre, and Nanay rivers, which originally
included the entire area of todays town of Iquitos.
Discussion
The description of any new taxon of Scinax that
occurs within the range of the widespread Scinax
ruber makes it unavoidable that one will deal with
the several available names in the synonymy of this
species. Currently, seven available names are in the
synonymy of Scinax ruber. These are Hyla lateristri-
ga Spix, 1824 (type locality: Brazil, by implication),
Hyla conirostris Peters, 1863 (type locality Suri-
nam), Scytopis alleni Cope, 1870 (type locality State
of Par, Brazil, by lectotype designation of Duellman
and Wiens, 1993), Scytopis cryptanthus Cope, 1874
(type locality Nauta, Region Loreto, Peru), Hyla
lineomaculata Werner, 1899 (type locality Arima,
Trinidad), Hyla rubra hbneri Melin, 1941 (type lo-
cality Taracu, Rio Uaupes, So Gabriel, Rio Ne-
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gro, and Vicinity of Manaus, all localities in the
State of Amazonas, Brazil), and Hyla robersimoni
Donoso-Barros, 1965 1964 (type locality Pajona-
les al sur de Macuro, Penisula de Paria, Venezuela).
According to their original descriptions, all these
names are associated with specimens that have yel-
low blotches on the anterior and posterior surfaces of
the thighs, and in some cases undersurfaces of tibiae.
Similarly, there are two available names in the
synonymy of S.funereus Hyla depressiceps Bou-
lenger, 1882 (type locality Ecuador) and Hyla ru-
bra inconspicua Melin, 1941 (type locality Roque,
Region San Martn,, Peru). According to the original
description, H.depressiceps differs from the new tax-
on in having a dark canthal stripe and black and whit-
ish marbled limbs. An examination of the holotype of
Hyla rubra inconspicua shows that it differs by the
presence of small tubercles on the head, dorsum and
limbs, presence of a dark canthal stripe, transverse
bars on dorsum of limbs and by its larger size (SVL
45mm).
The consideration of Scinax fuscomarginatus as
an Amazonian component is based solely on the fact
that Lutz (1973) included Hyla parkeri Gaige, 1926
(type locality Buenavista, Bolivia) and Hyla madeirae
Bokermann, 1964 (Type locality Porto Velho, Estado
de Rondnia, Brazil) in the synonymy of Hyla fusco-
marginata A. Lutz, 1925 (type locality restricted by
Lutz [1973] to Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais,
Brazil). Although De La Riva etal. (1997), recently
resurrected Scinax parkeri for the Bolivian popula-
tions, the status of the Amazonian form, previously
named Scinax madeirae, is still unclear as discussed
by these authors. A similar problem occurs with Sci-
nax trilineatus (Hoogmoed and Gorzula, 1979) (type
locality 12km SE. El Manteco, Estado Bolvar, Ven-
ezuela), later suggested to be a synonym of S.fusco-
marginatus by Martins (1998) without further com-
ments. Regardless of these remaining problems, it is
clear that none of these names is assignable to the new
species being described here, since they are all associ-
ated with forms resembling S.fuscomarginatus.
The territory of the Arboretum represents an
important refuge for the relatively diverse local her-
petofauna (36 species of amphibians and 13 species
of reptiles) situated at the edge of densely populated
farmland. Recently, human activity has increased
considerably in the area of Puerto Almendras because
a new modern University campus was built between
the Arboretum and the bank of Rio Nanay. There-
fore, an effective protection of the type locality of
Scinax iquitorum is desirable.
Resumen
Se describe una nueva especie del gnero hlido
Scinax del norte del llano amaznico (rea de Iqui-
tos, Region de Loreto, Per). La especie nueva per-
tenece al clado de Scinax ruber y difiere del resto de
especies por tener la piel del dorso leve a fuertemen-
te granulado, por la ausencia de tubrculos ulnares y
tarsales conspicuos, por tener coloracin verde oliva
en el dorso, flancos amarillo brillante con manchas
negras, superficie posterior de los muslos negra, y un
iris color dorado a bronce.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to William E. Duellman (University of Kansas,
Lawrence), Dr. Ignacio De la Riva (Museo Nacional de Ciencias
Naturales, Madrid) and Julin Faivovich (American Museum of
Natural History) for their valuable comments in the determination
of the new species. We are grateful to Wolfgang Bhme (Zoolo-
gisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn) for the kind loan
of comparative material and William E. Duellman for providing
comparative photographs of Scinax funereus and S.cruentomus.
We thank Karen Siu-Ting (Museo de Historia Natural Universi-
dad Nacional Mayor de San Markos, Lima) for kind translation
of the abstract into Spanish and two anonymous referees for their
valuable comments on the manuscript. Work of JM was support-
ed by the project MK00002327201 and conducted in cooperation
with the Museo de Zoologia UNAP, Iquitos (Andrs Mrmol
Burgos, research authorization N4522000INRENALoreto)
under the auspices of the Universidad de la Amazona Peruana,
Iquitos (the agreement signed by Jos Torres Vsquez and Milan
Stloukal).
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Appendix 1

Specimens Examined

Hyla rubra hbneri: Brazil: GNM 478 (syntype): State of Amazonas: vicinity of Manaus.

Hyla rubra inconspicua: Peru: GNM 480 (holotype): Region de San Martn: Roque.

Scinax cruentommus: ECUADOR: KU 126587 (holotype), KU 105157, 105163, 105167, 105180, 105182,
10702224, 109508, 10951217, 10951921 (paratypes): Provincia de Sucumbios: Santa Cecilia, 340m; KU
120976: Provincia de Pastaza: Mera, 1100m; KU 12660910: Provincia de Sucumbios: Lago Agrio, 370m;
KU 135485: Provincia de Zamora-Chinchipe, 10km W Zamora, 1200m; KU 146297, 150093102, 15243538,
152447: Provincia de Sucumbios: Santa Cecilia, 340m; KU 17517677: Provincia de Orellana: Rio Yasuni,
150km upstream from Rio Napo, 180m; KU 175177: Provincia de Orelana: Rio Yasuni, 200km upstream from
Rio Napo, 180m; KU 17863542, KU 18362334, 183674: Provincia de Sucumbios: Limnococha, 200m; KU
217699: Provincia de Morona-Santiago: 1.2km N Gualaquiza, 850m; KU 217700: Provincia de Sucumbios:
2.5km N Lago Agrio, 350m; KU 217701: Provincia de Napo: Jatun-Sacha, 420m; KU 29601320: Provin-
cia de Sucumbios: Lago Agrio. PERU: KU 172143: Region Hunuco: Rio Llullapichis, 45km upstream from
Rio Pachitea, Finca Panguana; KU 19201820: Region Loreto: Rio Samiria, Estacion Biologica Pithecia; KU
22033641: Region Loreto: Explorama Lodge, junction Rio Yanamono and Rio Amazonas; KU 220431: Re-
gion Loreto: Explorama Lodge, junction Rio Sucusari and Rio Napo; KU 220560: Region Loreto: Rio Tahuayo,
3060km upstream from Rio Amazonas; KU 22195859: Region Loreto: Teniente Lopez, 200m; KU 222342:
Region Loreto: Explorama Lodge, junction Rio Yanamono and Rio Amazonas, 180m.

Scinax funereus: Colombia: AMNH 11622122: Departamento Putumayo: upper Rio San Miguel: Santa Rosa de
Sucumbos (Kofan village). ECUADOR: KU 111929, 111970, 12312128, 12639397, 146298301, 15014975,
15244346: Provincia de Sucumbios: Santa Cecilia, 340m; KU 178645: Provincia de Napo: Limnococha: 243m;
KU 18363538: Provincia de Napo: Limnococha; KU 9922122: Provincia de Sucumbios: Limnococha, 300m;
KU 1015962, 10516466, 10516879, 105181, 10518387, 10952223: Provincia de Sucumbios: Santa Ceci-
lia, 340m; KU 2177702: Provincia de Napo: Jatun Sacha, 420m; KU 22166869: Provincia de Orelana: Coca.
PERU: KU 15468081, 154728: Region de Madre de Dios: Cocha Cachu: Rio Manu between Rio Panguana and
Rio Cachiri, 400m; KU 19875: Region Loreto: Rio Curanja, Balta; KU 217304: San Martin: Lamas, 14.5km SW
Zapatero, 870m; KU 221960: Region Loreto: San Jacinto, 175m; KU 221961: Region Loreto: Teniente Lopez,
200m; voucher photo NMP6F 7: Region Loreto, Rio Curaray, 014540S, 0750411W.

Scinax garbei: PERU: NMP6V 71150: Region Loreto: 17km SW of Iquitos: vicinity of the village of Puerto Al-
mendras); NMP6V 71151: 23km SW of Iquitos: Sacha Mama; NMP6V 71266/12: 31km SW of Iquitos.

Scinax cf. ictericus: Peru: ZFMK 39353: Region Madre de Dios: Rio Tambopata: Bajo Tambopata; ZFMK 39361,
39363: Rio Tambopata: ZFMK 39366: Aguajalito; Rio Tambopata: Tres Chimbadas.

Scinax nebulosus: Bolivia: NMP6V 70894: Departamento Beni: 2km W of Riberalta.

Scinax pedromedinae: BOLIVIA: NMP6V 70700: Departamento Beni: 5km NE of Riberalta.

Scinax ruber: Bolivia: NMP6V 70895/17: Departamento Beni: 68km NE of Riberalta. PERU: NMP6V
71152/14, 71191: Region Loreto: 17km SW of Iquitos: vicinity of the village of Puerto Almendras; NMP6V
71145: 23km SW of Iquitos: Sacha Mama; NMP6V 71265: 31km SW of Iquitos.