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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 MINIATURIZED TOADLET, GENUS BRACHYCEPHALUS (ANURA: BRACHYCEPHALIDAE), FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

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Author(s):
Clemente-Carvalho, Rute B. G. [1] ; Giaretta, Ariovaldo A. [2] ; Condez, Thais H. [3, 4] ; Haddad, Celio F. B. [4] ; dos Reis, Sergio F. [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Anim, Inst Biol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Uberlandia, Fac Integradas Pontal, BR-38304402 Ituiutaba, MG - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Programa Posgrad Zool, Inst Biociencias, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Zool, Inst Biociencias, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Herpetologica; v. 68, n. 3, p. 365-374, SEP 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 11
Abstract

A new species of miniaturized froglet (genus Brachycephalus) is described from Morro Prumirim in the municipality of Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Specimens were collected from the leaf litter at approximately 800 m above sea level. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: snout-vent length 8.7-13.4 mm; skin on head and dorsum with dermal ossification; general color orange, with a narrow brownish vertebral stripe and belly without spots; and skull, spinal processes of sacral and pre-sacral vertebrae, and process of the fourth vertebra hyperossified. Canonical variates analysis of linear body measurement demonstrates that the new species is easily discriminated from other Brachycephalus species with which it shares an intermediate condition of hyperossification. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/10230-8 - Morphological and molecular variation in populations of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
Grantee:Rute Beatriz Garcia Clemente Carvalho
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 08/50928-1 - Speciation of frogs in high-altitude environments
Grantee:Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants