Abstract

JAIME, Culebras  and  ANGIOLANI-LARREA, Francesca Nicole. First Record of Complete Albinism in a Species of the Genus Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (Anura: Strabomantidae) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Rev. latinoam. herpetol. [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.1, e476.  Epub Aug 31, 2023. ISSN 2594-2158.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.476.

We found an albino individual of the genus Pristimantis in the Ecuadorian Andes. This is the first case of complete albinism for direct-developing anurans in the Neotropics and the first record in amphibians for Ecuador.

Keywords : chromatic anomalies; albinism; Pristimantis; coloration; direct development; Ecuador.