A new species of spiny-backed treefrog (Osteocephalus) from Central Amazonian Brazil (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)

Autor(es)

Jungfer, Karl-Heinz ^[1] ; Verdade, Vanessa K. ^[2] ; Faivovich, Julian ^{[3, 4]} ; Rodrigues, Miguel T. ^[5]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Koblenz Landau, Dept Biol, Inst Integrated Sci, Univ Str 1, D-56070 Koblenz - Germany

^[2] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Ave Estados 5001, BR-09210971 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Biodiversidad & Biol Expt, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[4] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Div Herpetol, Angel Gallardo 470, RA-1405 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Caixa Postal 11461, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 4114, n. 2, p. 171-181, MAY 23 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

A new species of treefrog of the genus Osteocephalus is described from the Rio Abacaxis, a southern tributary of the Amazonas in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. This member of the O. buckleyi group is characterized by green dorsal colouration with irregular blotches of various shades of brown, light venter with tan spots and bold dark markings on the posterior surfaces of the thighs. It can be distinguished from its closest relative, O. helenae from the same general area, by the lack of an axillary membrane, a few indistinct tubercles on the proximal segment of Finger IV and single ulnar tubercles. (AU)

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