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Issue: Vol. 4648 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.4
Page range: 473–493
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A new species of Paratelmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil

Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57072-900 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Setor de Zoologia, Museu de História Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57010-020 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Chordata Advertisement call External morphology Serra do Mar State of Paraná Tadpoles Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Paratelmatobius is described from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Adults, tadpoles, and vocalizations are described. Morphological traits and phylogenetic analysis place the new species within the P. cardosoi group. The new species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by its advertisement call being composed of two note types and comprised of a series of 2–4 notes. The new species is classified as an explosive breeder, having reproductive activity strongly associated with heavy rainfall. This discovery highlights the importance of intensifying survey efforts in the Atlantic Forest, a domain with high levels of species richness and endemism.

 

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