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Rinto, Sean
2011
Journal
(cont.)
Ejica Firanga, Reserva Biológica de Anfíbios Andina. Carol, Rhptrichyela. Aureolus.
... is very camouflaged when threatened. I also saw a relatively big Marimusa
in a tree on the way up. Carlos walked up to the top then waited for us
due to a misunderstanding of the plan. Ricardo, Oldulius, & I searched
from ~900m clear up and opened all the branches we could find,
hoping for another clithryella. We think the one we got could be a new
species, since the only one nearby (cl. molandecu) from Cusco is dirty
white dorsally while ours is bright yellow. VSA C is keeping the one from
yesterday and I would be uncomfortable leaving the holotype there.
I got a tiny Sphaerodactylus either in a branch or I disturbed it
when I shook a branch on the ground. We searched at the top until
~00:45 w/o finding anything except C. laterisps and C. chac. Could hear
hylids as a single note call high up in trees - either Brachyhylla or
perhaps the clithryella. Ricardo says he heard a dink-dink call
yesterday, turned around, and saw the frog peeking out of a tiny
branch on our level on a log, but isn't sure if he heard a
single 2-syllable call or two separate frogs making 1-syllable calls.
In any case, we saw no more frogs. It hadn't rained today and the
forest was pretty dry; no moisture or leaves at all, and very windy.
Around 01:00, rain threatened, and we decided to wait for it. Started
around 01:10, and we waited until 01:40 for the forest to get wet.
In the meantime, I saw 2 Potos flying high in the trees and got a
B. nymphe on a leaf. We then searched until 02:20; Carlos & Ricardo
found a B. deffensi on a leaf. Walked down a very slippery trail, arrived
back at 03:30. Would have searched more but Carlos & I need to drive
back to Arequipa tomorrow. Heard howler monkeys on the way down. Lots
of mammals and good herps here - glad to see it's being protected.