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Issue: Vol. 4722 No. 5: 16 Jan. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.9
Page range: 495–499
Abstract views: 89
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Redescription of the tadpole of Leptodactylus flavopictus Lutz, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Pilar do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil

Graduate Program in Fauna Conservation, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA
Department of Zoology and Aquaculture Center (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Graduate Program in Tropical Aquatic Systems, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Anura Leptodactylidae Amphibia

Abstract

Frogs of the subfamily Leptodactylinae Werner can be found from southern Texas (USA) to southern Brazil, including the northern Antilles (Frost 2019). This subfamily is composed of 98 recognized species and the genus Leptodactylus Fitzinger contains the largest number of species (74 sp.) (Frost 2019). A study conducted by de Sá et al. (2014) provided a phylogeny of Leptodactylus based on molecular analysis, adult and larval morphology, and behavioral data. Currently, four species groups are recognized within this genus: L. fuscus group, L. pentadactylus group, L. latrans group, and L. melanonotus group (de Sá et al. 2014).

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