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Allobates caldwellae Lima, Ferrão & Silva, 2020
| family: Aromobatidae
genus: Allobates
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Species Description: Lima AP, Ferrão M, and DH da Silva. 2020. Not as widespread as thought: Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in the Amazonian nurse frog Allobates tinae Melo-Sampaio, Oliveira and Prates, 2018 and description of a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58: 1173–1194 |
Etymology: The etymology of “caldwellae” honors Dr. Janalee P. Caldwell, a retired curator at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Oklahoma. Dr. Caldwell is referenced in this specific species of the Allobates genus because she was the mentor to the first author of the species description, A.P. Lima, and taught Dr. Lima how to first describe species from the genus. Dr. Caldwell also sparked an inspiration for all of the contributing authors to work on anuran taxonomy (Lima et al. 2020). |
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