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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 PSEUDOPALUDICOLA (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE: LEIUPERINAE) FROM NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

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Author(s):
Magalhaes, Felipe de Medeiros [1] ; Loebmann, Daniel [2] ; Kokubum, Marcelo Nogueira de C. [3, 4] ; Baptista Haddad, Celio Fernando [5] ; Garda, Adrian Antonio [6]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Biociencias, Dept Bot Ecol & Zool, Lab Anfibios & Repteis, Programa Posgrad Sistemat, BR-59078970 Natal, RN - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rio Grande, Inst Ciencias Biol, Lab Vertebrados Terr, BR-96203900 Rio Grande, RS - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Lab Herpetol, Unidade Acad Ciencias Biol, CSTR, BR-58708110 Patos de Minas, PB - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Lab Herpetol, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Florestais, CSTR, BR-58708110 Patos de Minas, PB - Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Lab Herpetol, BR-13506970 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Biociencias, DBEZ, LAR, BR-59078970 Natal, RN - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Herpetologica; v. 70, n. 1, p. 77-88, MAR 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 17
Abstract

We describe a new species of Pseudopaludicola endemic to the Caatinga ecoregion of northeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized morphologically by small size, lack of T-shape terminal phalanges, smooth upper eyelids, presence of abdominal and vocal sac folds, light cream-colored vocal sac, and short hind limbs with tibia-tarsal articulation reaching the eye. The tadpole has a globular body shape, low tail fins, and a ventral oral disc bordered by a single row of marginal papillae with a wide anterior gap and two ventrolateral gaps; oral formula: 2(2)/2(1). The advertisement call consists of a well-defined sequence of notes comprising three nonconcatenated pulses, each with long interpulse intervals (111 +/- 21 ms) and average note duration of 238 +/- 31 ms. The mean dominant frequency is 5636 +/- 300 Hz, and increases from the first to the last pulse in each note. The advertisement call easily distinguishes the new species from all other congeners for which calls are known. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 08/50928-1 - Speciation of frogs in high-altitude environments
Grantee:Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants