A NEW SPECIES OF MINIATURIZED TOADLET, GENUS BRACHYCEPHALUS (ANURA: BRACHYCEPHALIDAE), FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Autor(es)

Garey, Michel V. ^[1] ; Lima, Andre M. X. ^[2] ; Hartmann, Marilia T. ^[3] ; Haddad, Celio F. B. ^[4]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Bot & Zool, BR-15054000 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Parana, BR-80060000 Curitiba, Parana - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Fronteira Sul, BR-99700000 Erechim, RS - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Herpetologica; v. 68, n. 2, p. 266-271, JUN 2012.
• Citações Web of Science: 19

Resumo

We describe a new species of brachycephalid frog from Atlantic forest of Serra do Morato, Municipality of Guaraquecaba, state of Parana, Brazil. Brachycephalus tridactylus sp. nov. is characterized by the absence of external trace of finger IV, orange color in life, dorsolateral and ventrolateral regions with regular small olive-gray spots, and ventral region and thighs orange with olive-grayish irregular coalescent spots and small dots; skin on the dorsum of head and central body dorsum smooth with no dermal co-ossification. The advertisement call of the new species has a single short note that decreases in dominant frequency from beginning to end. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/50575-1 - Estrutura da comunidade de anfibios do parque nacional da serra da bocaina, sao paulo, brasil.
• Beneficiário: Michel Varajão Garey
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado