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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

A new species of Hatchet-faced Treefrog Sphaenorhynchus Tschudi (Anura: Hylidae) from Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

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Author(s):
Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia [1] ; Lacerda, Joao Victor A. [2] ; Pezzuti, Tiago L. [2] ; Fortes Leite, Felipe Sa [3] ; De Assis, Clodoaldo Lopes [4] ; Cruz, Carlos Alberto G. [5]
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Div Herpetol, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina
[2] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, Lab Herpetol, BR-31270901 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Vicosa, Florestal, MG - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Biol Anim, Museu Zool Joao Moojen, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 4059, n. 1, p. 96-114, DEC 21 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 5
Abstract

A new species of Sphaenorhynchus is described from the Municipality of Mariana, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is characterized by the vocal sac moderately developed, single, subgular, with longitudinal folds; white canthal and dorsolateral lines delimited below by a dorsolateral black line from the tip of snout extending beyond the eye to gradually disappearing up to the flanks; and premaxilla and maxilla almost completely edentulous, each bearing 1-5 extremely small teeth. It is most similar with Sphaenorhynchus orophilus, from which it can be distinguished by having a less robust forearm in males; glandular subcloacal dermal fold; premaxilla and maxilla almost completely edentulous; and larvae with large marginal papillae in the oral disc. The new species occurs in natural ponds over ironstone outcrops (known as canga) on flat terrain, where males call from the floating vegetation. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50741-7 - Diversity and conservation of Brazilian amphibians
Grantee:Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants