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Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 2: 16 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.3
Page range: 245–265
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A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Paraná, Southern Brazil

Instituto Neotropical: Pesquisa e Conservação, C.P. 19009, CEP81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”-CONICET, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, CEP 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Amphibia Hylinae Scinax rossaferesae sp. nov. taxonomy advertisement call grassland Araucaria Forest

Abstract

In this article, we describe a new species of Scinax from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, based on the external morphology of adults and their advertisement calls. The new species is diagnosed by the size of its males (SVL 27.8–31.6 mm); the snout subovoid in the dorsal view and slightly acuminate in profile; the vocal sac subgular and ventrally not reaching the pectoral region; and the advertisement call composed of a single pulsed note with 7–13 pulses, and a duration of 0.16–0.25s. This new species occurs in natural highland grassland formations, in the threatened ecosystem of the Atlantic Forest in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.

 

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