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Published in the United States of America 2014 • VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 1 AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE CONSERVATION ECUADOR amphibian-reptile-conservation.org ISSN: 1083-446X eISSN: 1525-9153 Board of Directors Craig Hassapakis Howard Clark, Jr. Adel Ibrahim ARC: Editor, Publisher, and Chairman of the Board ARC: Treasurer & Associate Editor; Suez University, EGYPT of Directors, USA Garcia and Associates, USA Franco Andreone Bruce Waldman Ted R. Kahn Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, ITALY Seoul National University, KOREA Neotropical Conservation Foundation, USA Madhava Meegaskumbura Peter Uetz Indraneil Das University of Peradeniya, SRI LANKA Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA Michael Hutchins Walter R. 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Sánchez-Pacheco Suez University, EGYPT University of Niš, SERBIA University of Toronto, CANADA Jianping Jiang Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA Copyright: © 2014 Lynch et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(1) [Special Sec]: 1–7. Unported License, which permits unrestricted use for non-commercial and educa- tion purposes only provided the original author and source are credited. The of- ficial publication credit source:Amphibian & Reptile Conservation at: amphibian- reptile-conservation.org Rediscovery of Andinophryne olallai Hoogmoed, 1985 (Anura, Bufonidae), an enigmatic and endangered Andean toad 1Ryan L. Lynch, 2Sebastian Kohn, 3Fernando Ayala-Varela, 1Paul S. Hamilton, and 3Santiago R. Ron 1The Biodiversity Group, Tucson, Arizona, USA 2Río Manduriacu Cooperative, Quito, ECUADOR 3Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, ECUADOR Abstract.—We report the rediscovery of Andinophryne olallai, an endangered species only known from a single specimen, collected in 1970. At the type locality, Tandayapa, Pichincha Province, numerous follow-up surveys after 1970 failed to record the species suggesting that the population is extinct. The rediscovery of A. olallai took place in 2012 at Río Manduriacu, Imbabura Province, Ecuador. Two surveys suggest that a healthy population of A. olallai survives at the site, with observations of froglets, juveniles, and adults across numerous stream systems. However, the extent of known occupancy of the population is small (<1 km2). Further data are presented to update knowledge of the distribution, ontogeny, morphology, and conservation status of the species. The population at Río Manduriacu is surrounded by logging, mining, and hydroelectric developments that could compromise its future survival. There is an urgent need to establish a monitoring program and to protect its remaining population and habitat in the region. Key words. Andinophryne olallai, rediscovery, Tandayapa Andean toad, Andinosapo de Olalla, Bufonidae, Endan- gered species, Ecuador Citation: Lynch RL, Kohn S, Ayala-Varela F, Hamilton PS, Ron SR. 2014. Rediscovery of Andinophryne olallai Hoogmoed, 1985 (Anura, Bufonidae), an enigmatic and endangered Andean toad. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(1) [Special Section]: 1–7 (e75). Introduction fonidae), and placed all three species within the new ge- nus. The small and understudied toad genus Andinophryne Despite numerous attempts by trained scientists and (Bufonidae) is restricted to the western slopes of the over 150 search hours, subsequent visits to the type lo- Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. Three species of An- calities of A. colomai and A. olallai in Ecuador have dinophryne have been described: Andinophryne atelo- failed to record either species (Coloma et al. 2004; Ron poides (Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza 1981), Andinophryne and Frenkel 2013). Then, in 2005, Murillo et al. (2005) colomai (Hoogmoed 1985), and Andinophryne olallai reported a 160 km range extension for A. olallai in Río (Hoogmoed 1985). Until recently, all three species were Ñambi, Department of Nariño, Colombia. This observa- only known from five or fewer adult individuals at the tion marked the first record of anyAndinophryne species type localities: A. atelopoides (Cauca Department, Co- in more than two decades. However, as part of our recent lombia, 1980), A. colomai (Carchi Province, Ecuador, work with Andinophryne, a member of our team recently 1984), and A. olallai (Pichincha Province, Ecuador, examined a specimen from Río Ñambi and determined 1970). that it was not Andinophryne olallai but a different spe- The paucity of information available on Andinophryne cies (Santiago Ron, unpubl. data). This identification has has led to many questions about the taxonomic and con- been confirmed by additional fieldwork and specimens servation status of all three species. Andinophryne at- collected at Río Ñambi by Paul David Gutiérrez-Cárde- elopoides, the only species endemic to Colombia and nas (pers. comm.). Therefore, A. olallai is the rarest of all only known from two specimens, was originally placed Andinophryne species, with the only known record being in the genus Bufo by Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza (1981). the original type specimen from Tandayapa, Pichincha Four years later, following the discovery of two similar Province, Ecuador in 1970. bufonid species (A. colomai and A. olallai) in northern Forty-three years after the original description of Ecuador, and the reexamination of information presented Andinophryne olallai, we report the rediscovery of a on B. atelopoides by Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza (1981), population of A. olallai from Río Manduriacu (herein Hoogmoed (1985) created the genus Andinophryne (Bu- Manduriacu), Imbabura Province, Ecuador. We also pro- Correspondence. [email protected] (corresponding author); [email protected]; 3fpayala2000@gmail. com; [email protected]; [email protected] Amphib. Reptile Conserv. | amphibian-reptile-conservation.org (1) February 2014 | Volume 8 | Number 1 | e75 Lynch et al. individuals with no dorsal patterning, very pronounced parotoid glands, presence of large cream-tan colored tu- bercles on the flanks, and SVL above 30 mm. Perch height for each individual was measured using a marked meter stick and SVL measurements were taken using dial calipers. Climate information was recorded us- ing a handheld Kestrel 3500 Weather Meter. Individual toads were only handled when necessary, and always with use of latex gloves to prevent transferring pathogens such as amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Results and Discussion During the first survey of Manduriacu on 18 November 2012, two adult A. olallai were encountered perched on leaves overhanging a small running stream. Elevation of the observation site was 1,253 m, and perch heights Fig. 1. Known records of Andinophryne olallai in northwest of the individuals were 1.5 m and 2.0 m above ground. Ecuador; Tandayapa: Type Locality, Manduriacu: New Local- Both individuals appeared to be females, based on size, ity. with SVL of 57 and 58 mm, however sex could not be determined with complete certainty in the field because vide the first information on the species’ natural history, no secondary sexual characteristics are evident in live geographic range, ontogeny, and conservation status, and Table 1. Reptiles and amphibians associated with Andinophyne present the first published color photos of live individu- olallai at Manduriacu, Imbabura Province, Ecuador and