Rhinella yunga Moravec, Lehr, Cusi, Córdova & Gvozdík 2014

Rhinella yunga​ es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Bufonidae.

Rhinella yunga est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Bufonidae.

Rhinella yunga é uma espécie de anfíbio anuro da família Bufonidae. Está presente no Peru. A UICN classificou-a como vulnerável.

Adult male; body robust; SVL 59.5 mm; head wider than long; snout slightly pointed in dorsal view, protruding beyond the margin of lip, rounded above and curved posteroventrally in profile; nostrils protuberant, directed dorsolaterally, anterior part exceeding anterior margin of lower jaw; canthus rostralis concave in lateral view, rounded in profile; loreal region barely concave, horizontal eye diameter larger than distance between nostril and anterior corner of eye; temporal region curved caudomedially; tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus absent; canthal, supraorbital, and supratympanic crests continuous; canthal crest low, barely distinct; supraorbital and supratympanic crests slightly elevated, supratympanic crest slightly expanded laterally, not exceeding markedly outer edge of upper eyelid; bone protrusion at angle of jaw absent; neural crest of vertebrae absent; parotoid glands well developed, elongate, subtriangular, slightly protruding laterally; lateral row of rounded to subconical tubercles from posterior margin of parotoid gland to groin (the first tubercle separated from the gland). Skin on dorsal and lateral surfaces smooth with scattered low to conical tubercles lacking keratinized tips; cranial crests and parotoid glands smooth; loreal and temporal areas smooth with sporadic inconspicuous flat tubercles; upper eyelids with prominent round tubercles; skin on throat and belly coarsely areolate to warty. Forelimb hypertrophied; relative length of fingers II < IV < I < III; palmar tubercle prominent, ovoid; thenar tubercle conspicuously prominent, subtriangular, about one third size of the palmar tubercle; subarticular tubercles large, prominent, distal subarticular tubercle under Finger III bifid; supernumerary tubercles numerous, about half size or less of subarticular tubercles; basal webbing between fingers; nuptial excrescences present on thenar tubercle, dorsal and lateral surfaces of Fingers I–II and inner lateral surface of finger III. Foot longer than tibia; relative length of toes I < II < V < III < IV; inner metatarsal tubercle ovoid, protruding distally; outer metatarsal tubercle ovoid, subconical, about half the size of inner metatarsal tubercle; subarticular tubercles prominent, round to oval; supernumerary tubercles round, about half to same size of subarticular tubercles; toes with moderate webbing, webbing formula I 01/4–01/4 II 01/4–2– III 1––3 IV 3–01/4V; lateral fringes broad; tips of digits terminating in indistinct discs. Tongue elongate, attached to anterior part of mouth floor; choanae small, oval; vocal slits absent; subgular vocal sac absent. Measurements of holotype provided in Table 1. Measurements (mm) of the holotype and the paratypes of Rhinella yunga sp. n. (see text for abbreviations). Measurements Holotype Paratypes MUSM 31097 MUSM 31096 NMP6V 74748 MUSM 31148 Sex Male Male Male Female SVL 59.5 57.5 58.0 65.5 TL 22.9 23.0 23.8 23.4 FL 25.7 24.4 24.8 25.0 HL 17.9 17.3 17.4 19.9 HW 20.0 19.6 20.0 22.7 ED 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 IOD 7.1 6.9 6.7 7.7 EW 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 IND 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.5 E-N 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.0 PL 14.2 12.3 11.6 9.9 PW 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.0

Besides from its type locality, Rhinella yunga is also known from the area on the left bank of the Rio Huancabamba (ca. 5 km W of Oxapampa, ca. 1885 m a.s.l.), from Quebrada Yanachaga valley at the settlement Prosoya (10°25.118'S, 75°31.126'W, ca. 1800 m. a.s.l.) and from the area of Rio Huatziroki (elevation 1915–2230 m a.s.l.) lying in the buffer zone of the Pui Pui Protected Forest ca. 60 km straight southeast of the type locality (see the referred material; Fig. 7). To date, Rhinella yunga is known from an altitudinal range 1800–2230 m a.s.l., which represents a contact belt between the transitional montane forest (“Bosque de transición”, 1000–2000 m a.s.l.) and montane cloud forest (“Bosque de neblina”, 2000–3400 m a.s.l.; altitudinal zonation adopted from Milanovich et al. 2006). It is likely that Rhinella yunga is distributed in a wider area of montane forests in the Peruvian regions Pasco and Junín (Selva Central). All collected and observed specimens were in breeding condition. The female paratype contained numerous small pigmented oviductal eggs. At the type locality, the males were sitting in shallow water of small temporal water bodies along a narrow unpaved road (Fig. 8A). The males entered the water in the late afternoon. The female paratype was collected on the ground in close vicinity of breeding puddles at night. In the vicinity of Huancabamba-Prosoya (Programa Social Yanachaga, former Hacienda Yanachaga) one adult male was observed (not collected) in a small artificial pond at night. The three referred specimens from the area of Rio Huatziroki were found in low dense forest covering a sharp montane ridge (Fig. 8B). Tadpole and call are unknown. Observed sympatric anurans include Rhinella cf. leptoscelis (MUSM 31150, NMP6V 74749), Hypsiboas aguilari Lehr, Faivovich & Jungfer, 2010 (MUSM 31147), Pristimantis cf. bipunctatus (Duellman & Hedges, 2005), and Pristimantis sp. We classify Rhinella yunga as “Data Deficient” according to the IUCN red list criteria and categories (IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee 2013) based on the limited information on its geographic range.