New species of giant rain frog discovered in Parque Nacional Podocarpus

June 11, 2019

On the páramo summits of Cajanuma, within Parque Nacional Podocarpus, the “Andean giant” was discovered, a new species of terrestrial anuran of the genus Pristimantis that attains the largest body size among terrestrial frog communities. The new species lives in páramo between 3300 and 3400 m. It…