A new species of the Scinax catharinae group (Anura, Hylidae) from Serra da Canastra, southwestern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Author(s)

Calijorne LourencO, Ana Carolina ^[1] ; Gomes De Carvalho, Andre Luiz ^[2] ; Baeta, Delio ^[1] ; Pezzuti, Tiago Leite ^[3] ; Leite, Felipe Sa Fortes ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Vertebrados, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil

^[2] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Richard Gilder Grad Sch, New York, NY 10024 - USA

^[3] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Dept Zool, Inst Ciencias Biol, Lab Herpetol, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 3613, n. 6, p. 573-588, FEB 14 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 15

Abstract

We describe Scinax pombali sp. n. a new species of treefrog of the Scinax catharinae group from Serra da Canastra, municipality of Capitolio (20 degrees 36'03 `' S, 46 degrees 17'34.9 `' W, 987 m a.s.l.), located in the Cerrado domains of the State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by its small size, blotches and color pattern on dorsal surface and hidden regions of flanks and thighs, canthus rostralis lightly concave and well marked, absent nuptial pad, and lack of externally differentiated inguinal gland. Additionally, we describe the tadpole of this new species, which is characterized by the large-sized oral disc and presence of a large number of marginal papillae (two to three rows on its dorsal portion and some rows in unorganized arrangement on its lateroventral portion). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/52321-7 - Diversity and ecology of tadpoles from Central Amazonia
• Grantee: Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants