Ecuador has among the world's highest biodiversity, despite being a tiny fraction of the
world's land area. The threat of extinction for some of this biodiversity has dramatically …

Glassfrogs (family: Centrolenidae) represent a fantastic radiation (~ 150 described species)
of Neotropical anurans that originated in South America and dispersed into Central America …

Pristimantis is the most diverse genus of tetrapods comprising 532 described species. It
contains a large number of morphologically cryptic species that are being discovered with …

We provide several lines of evidence to delimit a new species of Hyloscirtus and define its
phylogenetic position inside the Hyloscirtus bogotensis group. The new species is the sister …

With more than 600 recognized species, the genus Pristimantis is already the most diverse
among vertebrates, but described species only represent a fraction of the actual diversity in …

Geographic barriers and elevational gradients have long been recognized as important in
species diversification. Here, we illustrate an example where both mechanisms have …

 Abstract The rainfrogs of the genus Pristimantis are one of the most diverse groups of
vertebrates, with outstanding reproductive modes and strategies driving their success in …

Species richness in the genus Pristimantis is underestimated due to the existence of
morphologically cryptic species. This is worsened by the low sampling effort and the lack of …

We describe a new glassfrog from Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, on the
Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new species can be distinguished from most …

ABSTRACT In 2008, Ecuador recognized the Constitutional Rights of Nature in a global first.
This recognition implies a major shift in the human-nature relationship, from one between a …