Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae, Pristimantis permixtus Lynch, Ruiz-Carranza, and Ardila-Robayo, 1994: Distribution extension, Valle del Cauca, Colombia [PDF]
Pristimantis permixtus is a moderate sized frog tipically of upper cloud forests and sub-páramo areas. Here we provide the second record and southernmost of P.
Javier Méndez-Narváez +2 more
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Slab flattening, magmatism, and surface uplift in the Cordillera Occidental (northern Peru) [PDF]
The impact of subduction processes on surface uplift and relief building in the Andes is not well understood. In northern Peru, we have access to a modern flat subduction zone (3°–15°S) where both the geometry and timing of the flattening of the slab are well constrained.
Audrey Margirier +2 more
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Stratigraphy of the late Cretaceous–Paleogene deposits of the cordillera occidental of central ecuador: geodynamic implications [PDF]
Abstract Two accreted oceanic terranes are classically recognized in the Cordillera Occidental of central Ecuador: the Macuchi island arc to the west and the Pallatanga oceanic terrane to the east. Detailed stratigraphic studies of the sedimentary cover of the Pallatanga terrane show that it actually comprises two terranes.
Etienne Jaillard +5 more
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New Species of Ardisia (Myrsinaceae) from the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia and Ecuador
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
John J Pipoly
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A new species of Besleria (Gesneriaceae) from the Serranía El Pinche (Cauca), southwestern Colombia [PDF]
A new species of the genus Besleria (Gesneriaceae), endemic to the department of Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated here. The new species, Besleria santaclarensis Clavijo & Sánchez-Taborda, was discovered in the Regional Protective ...
Jhon A. Sánchez-Taborda +2 more
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The broad-headed eleutherodactyline frogs have been studied by Lynch(1975, 1981). Although frogs of this assembly are easily identified (Lynch,1975, 1976, 1981), the assembly is not a natural group (Lynch, 1986).Recently, Rivero (1984) described a new ...
Lynch John D.
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Contribución al conocimiento de la cordillera Occidental. Sección carretera Cali-Buenaventura
Durante una exploración corta del trayecto Cali-Buenaventura, se elaboró un estudio petrológico de las formaciones más antiguas de esta sección de la cordillera Occidental.
Hans Wolfgang Nelson
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Rotación cenozoica de la Cordillera Occidental peruana y levantamiento de los Andes Centrales
Cenozoic rotation of Western Peruvian Cordillera and the Central Andes uplift Abstract A paleo-magnetic study was performed in the Lima (Peru) region from 39 reliable sampling positions of a total amount of 55 middle Cretaceous to late Miocene age (a 564 sampling), distributed through three NE-WS transverse lines cutting the Western ...
Carlo Laj
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Distribution and range extension of Anoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker 2006 in the central and eastern Colombian Andes, and comments on the distribution of A. fistulata Muchhala, Mena-Valenzuela & Albuja 2005 in Colombia [PDF]
Anoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2006 is currently known from the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia. Based on the review of additional specimens we present a range extension to the southern Cordillera Central and the ...
Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo +3 more
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First records of Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes [PDF]
We present the first records of Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) from the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia. This species had previously only been known from the biogeographic regions of Chocó and Magdalena ...
Hugo Bernal-Hernández +2 more
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