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Issue: Vol. 4238 No. 1: 2 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.11
Page range: 135–142
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A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil

Graduate Program in Zoology, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, ZIPCODE: 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Avenida 24 A,1515, ZIPCODE: 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia. Jorge Amado, km 16, ZIPCODE: 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Amphibia Diversity Morphometrics Bioacoustics Phytothelm

Abstract

We describe a new species of Phyllodytes from Ilhéus (15º04’S, 39º03’W; 95 m above sea level), south of state of Bahia, in the northeastern Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Phyllodytes megatympanum sp. nov. is diagnosable by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsum of body, arms, and legs uniformly light brown; (2) groin yellow; (3) snout pointed in dorsal view, protruding in profile; (4) tympanum large with a round distinct tympanic annulus; (5) adult males with two anterior large odontoids followed by a series of smaller odontoids on each side of the mandible; (6) well-developed tubercle near tibio-tarsal joint; (7) advertisement call composed of a series of 12 to 19 unpulsed notes, with harmonic structure and (8) mean dominant frequency of 3.98 kHz.

 

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