A New Species of Brachycephalus from the Atlantic Rain Forest in Sao Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephalidae)

Autor(es)

Haddad, Celio F. B. ; Alves, Ana Claudia R. ; Clemente-Carvalho, Rute Beatriz G. ; dos Reis, Sergio F.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Copeia; v. N/A, n. 3, p. 11-pg., 2010-09-21.

Resumo

We describe a new toadlet species of the genus Brachycephalus from the Atlantic rain forest in the State of Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Specimens were collected from the leaf litter at approximately 750 m above sea level. The new species differs from its congers by the following combination of characteristics: SVL in adult males 11.3-12.1 mm and SVL in adult females 13.4-14.2 mm, skin on head and dorsum with co-ossification, general color in life orange with dorsal greenish irregular markings covered with small dark spots and dots, skull hyperossified, spinal processes of sacral and pre-sacral vertebrae hyperossified, and hyperossification of the distal end of the process of the fourth vertebra. The new species shares with most other Brachycephalus species remarkable traits, such as miniaturization and hyperossification of the skeleton. The new species probably occurs in isolation in highlands of the Atlantic Forest. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 05/55449-6 - Taxonomia, sistemática e evolução do gênero Brachycephalus (Amphibia: Brachycephalidae): perspectivas morfológicas e moleculares
• Beneficiário: Sérgio Furtado dos Reis
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 03/12396-4 - Taxonomia, sistemática e evolução de Brachycephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephalidae)
• Beneficiário: Ana Claudia Reis Alves
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 08/50928-1 - Especiação de anfíbios anuros em ambientes de altitude
• Beneficiário: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático