The dark side of pumpkin toadlet: a new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, southeastern Brazil
| Autor: | Sofia Luz, Renato Neves Feio, Carla Silva Guimarães, Pedro Carvalho Rocha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Dorsum Histology 010607 zoology Natural history Brachycephalidae 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Amphibia Osteology Genus Animalia Atlantic forest Brachycephalus darkside sp. nov Chordata Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy biology Ecology Biodiversity Plant litter biology.organism_classification Atlantic Rainforest Animal Science and Zoology Anura Bioacoustics Large size Pumpkin toadlet |
| Zdroj: | LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) instacron:UFV |
| Popis: | Brachycephalus is a frog genus endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and characterized by the bright yellow-orange aposematic colors and the high degree of miniaturization. Herein, we describe a new species of Brachycephalus from Serra do Brigadeiro, Municipality of Ervália, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Specimens were collected at high altitudes (i.e., 1266–1498 m above sea level) amidst the leaf litter. The new species is characterized by the presence of black connective tissue covering all dorsal muscles, body completely yellow-orange in life, presence of skull and post-cranial plates, large size (SVL of adults: 14.8–18.5 mm), bufoniform body, absence of metacarpal and metatarsal tubercles, and presence of harmonics in its advertisement call. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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