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Issue: Vol. 2327 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2327.1.5
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

The tadpole of Physalaemus jordanensis Bokermann, 1967 (Anura, Leiuperidae) from Campos do Jordão, Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil

1Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araujo 2936, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas da Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP. Av. Cristovão Colombo 2265,15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
3Laboratório de Zoologia, Instituto Básico de Biociências – IBB – Universidade de Taubaté, UNITAU. Av. Tiradentes 50012030-180, Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil
Amphibia Anura Leiuperidae

Abstract

Physalaemus jordanensis was described by Bokermann (1967), based on specimens from “Lagoinha da Serra” (1500 m a.s.l.), Campos do Jordão, Serra da Mantiqueira, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Like other members of P. gracilis species group, presents a restricted geographical distribution (Nascimento et al. 2005), and after the 1980s, this species was no longer registered in the type locality. The species is assigned as "Data Deficient" in the Brazilian list of endangered species and the IUCN Red List (Nascimento & Verdade, 2004). Here we describe the tadpole of Physalaemus jordanensis from Campos do Jordão, State of São Paulo, Brazil, and compare it with the published morphological descriptions of the tadpoles belonging to the P. gracilis species group and sympatric species.

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