PAUL SZEKELY
DIANA SZEKELY
DIEGO ARMIJOS-OJEDA
SANTIAGO HUALPA-VEGA
JUDIT VOROS
We review the species content of the Pristimantis orestes group and, by integrating genetic and morphological data, we distinguish and describe three new cryptic species from the subparamos of southern Ecuadorian Andes: Pristimantis sagedunnae, Pristimantis paladines, Pristimantis numbala. We briefly discuss the current species composition of the group, the role that natural history might have in determining the shape of the bodies, and the cryptic diversity and distribution pattern of some of the species in southern Ecuador.
