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| Author(s): |
Almeida-Silva, Diego
[1]
;
Silva-Soares, Thiago
[2]
;
Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut
[3]
;
Verdade, Vanessa Kruth
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Av Estados 5001, BR-09210580 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Museu Hist Nat Estado Espirito Santo, BR-29550000 Espirito Santo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Caixa Postal 11461, BR-05422970 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Zootaxa; v. 5068, n. 4, p. 517-532, NOV 18 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
We describe a new species of dull-colored flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus, from the Atlantic Forest of Caparao mountains in southeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by its diminutive size, ``leptodactyliform{''} body, brownish color with an inverted V-shaped dark mark on dorsum, skin smooth, hyperossification and dorsal shield absent, linea masculinea absent, Fingers I and IV vestigial, Toe I externally absent, Toe II reduced but functional, Toes III and IV with pointed tips, Toe V vestigial, and ventral color uniformly brown. It is a leaf litter dweller, known only from type locality in the humid forests on the eastern slopes of Parque Nacional do Caparao mountains, a protected area in the states of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the third flea-toad occurring in the state of Espirito Santo recovered as sister to all other Brachycephalus distributed from the state of Sao Paulo northward in the Atlantic Forest. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/50146-6 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians |
| Grantee: | Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 01/05470-8 - Phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus Cycloramphus Tschudi, 1838 and Zachaenus Cope, 1866 (Anura, Leptodactylidae) |
| Grantee: | Vanessa Kruth Verdade |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 03/10335-8 - Systematics and evolution of the herpetological fauna from Neotropical areas |
| Grantee: | Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |