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Issue: Vol. 3889 No. 2: 1 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.5
Page range: 259–276
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the Scinax catharinae Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Northeastern Brazil

Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Herpetologia. Avenida 24A 1515, Bela Vista, 13506–900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Divisíon Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘Bernardino Rivadavia’’ – CONICET, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940–040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dendropsophini nuptial pad morphology systematics

Abstract

We describe a new species of the Scinax catharinae Group from Municipality of Porto Seguro, State of Bahia northeastern Brazil. The new species is mainly characterized by its small size, nuptial pad dark colored, and compound pectoral fold. Additionally, we describe the structure of its nuptial pad and compare it with that of S. agilis. We also briefly discuss its phylogenetic relationships within Scinax.