Terrestrial-Breeding Frogs (Strabomantidae) in Peru

PrefaceAcknowledgmentIntroduction- Historical Resumé- Classification- Reproductive BiologyMaterials and MethodsThe Peruvian Landscape- Physiography- Climate- Ecoregions- Human Impact on the Enviroment- Geologic and Climate HistoryCharacters of Strabomantid Frogs- Meristic Characters- Morphological Characters- Coloration- Trigeminal Nerve and Adductor Jaw Musculature- Adveriisement CallsKey to Identification- Key to the Strabomantids in the Cordillera Occidental and Pacific Lowland of Peru- Key to the Strabomantids in the Cordillera Central of Peru- Key to the Strabomantids in the Northern Cordillera Oriental of Peru- Key to the Strabomantids in the Southern Cordillera Oriental of Peru- Key to the Strabomantids in the Amazon Basin of PeruAccount of the Genera and Species- Bryophryne- Hypodactylus- Lynchius- Noblella- Oreobates- PhrynopusPristimantis- Pristimantis (Hypodictyon)- Pristimantis (Pristimantis)- Pristimantis (Yunganastes)PsychrophrynellaStrabomantisBiogeography- The Andean Cordilleras- The Arid Lowlands- The Amazon BasinConservationFuture ResearchLiterature CitedAppendix I - MaterialAppendix II - LocalitiesAppendix III - Distribution MapsAddenda- Bryophryne- Pristimantis (Pristimantis)- Additional new species of Pristimantis- Psychrophrynella- Biogeography- ConservationTaxonomic Index

William E. Duellmann, PhD, is Curator Emeritus of Herpetology, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas (USA). He has written more than 300 scientific papers and several and several books, including "Hylid Frogs of Middle America", "Cusco Amazónico: the Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonias Rainforest", and "Biology of Amphibians" (with Linda Trieb). His field studies in the neotropics began in 1951; he has spend 2 years in the field in Peru. PD Dr. Edgar Lehr was curator of herpetology at the Senckenberg Natural Histroy Collections Dresden, and lecturer at the Department of Biology at the University Koblenz-Landau (Germany). Since fall 2009, he is Asistant Professor at the Biology Department at the Illinois Wesleyan Unviersity (USA). He is the author of more than 80 scientific publications including the book "Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru" published by Natur und tier - Verlag. Since 1997, he has been surveying the Peruvian herpetofauna in collaboration with members of the Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He spent about 16 month in the field during 20 trips to Peru.