
Cuevas, César C.
Species
EndangeredSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyAlsodidae
Diagnosis Alsodes norae can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: 1) maximum snout-vent length in males 61.4 mm, 2) spine of contrasting vivid, yellow and black colours, 3) head with yellowish triangle between anterior border of the eyes and the snout tip, 4) snout slightly truncated in dorsal and lateral profile, 5) iris brilliant bronze-yellowish, 6) postocular fold well developed extending beyond of the insertions of arms, 7) flanks very granular, 8) Inner palmar tubercle oval and enlarged, bigger than the outer, 9) carpal elements of hands cartilaginous, 10) dorsum of legs with thin dark transversal bars, 11) toes thin, long and strongly fringed, 12) 2n = 30 (22 biarmed and 8 uniarmed chromosomes), FN = 52, 13) NOR on pair 4.
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