Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Centrolene mariaelenae: distribution extension, Ecuador

The amphibian fauna from the eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador is poorly known. Most studies have mainly surveyed only the northern region at the Quijos River Basin leaving large areas unexplored, particularly in southern Ecuador. The eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador hold the largest species richness of Centrolenids in the country (Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid 2006), but several species remain known just from their typelocalities and surrounding areas (e.g., Centrolene audax, C. mariaelenae, C. pipilatum, Cochranella anomala, C. cariticommata; Lynch and Duellman 1973; Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid 2006).