Abstract
Bokermannohyla ibitipoca is a small-sized hylid frog (males reaching up to 43 mm in snout-vent length) of the B. circumdata group (Faivovich et al. 2005). This species was described from the Ibitipoca State Park (Municipality of Lima Duarte) in southern Minas Gerais, at the elevation of 1200 m. Bokermannohyla ibitipoca is restricted to the Mantiqueira Complex area (Caramaschi & Feio, 1990), where it occurs in primary and secondary gallery forests. This species is found on the ground or on the leaf-litter near water and uses permanent streams for calling and reproduction. Here, we quantitatively describe the release call of B. ibitipoca, with comments on similarity to its advertisement call. Although used less frequently than advertisement calls, release calls have been used to diagnose species and infer phylogenetic relationships (Sullivan & Malmos, 1994; Stöck et al. 2000; di Tada et al. 2001; Wogel et al. 2004; Márquez & Eekhout 2006; Oliveira et al. 2012; Sanabria & Quiroga 2012; Grenat & Martino 2013).
References
Caramaschi, U. & Feio, R.N. (1990) A new species of Hyla (Anura, Hylidae) from Southern Minas Gerai s, Brazil. Copeia, 1990, 524–546.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1446357
di Tada, I., Martino, A. & Sinsch, U. (2001) Release vocalizations in neotropical toads (Bufo): ecological constraints and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 39, 13–23.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00147.x
Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheeler, W.C. (2005) Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 294, 1–240.
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2
Grenat, P.R. & Martino, A.L. (2013) The release call as a diagnostic character between cryptic related species Odontophrynus cordobae and O. americanus (Anura: Cycloramphidae). Zootaxa, 3635 (5), 583–586.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.8
Köhler, J., Jansen, M., Rodríguez, A., Kok, P.J.R., Toledo, L.F., Emmrich, M., Glaw, F., Haddad, C.F.B., Rödel, M.O. & Vences, M. (2017) The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice. Zootaxa, 4251 (1), 1–124.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4251.1.1
Márquez, R. & Eekhout, X.R. (2006) Advertisement calls of six species of anurans from Bali, Republic of Indonesia. Journal of Natural History, 40, 571–588.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600712129
Napoli, M.F. & Caramaschi, U. (2004) Two new species of the Hyla circumdata group from Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil, with description of the advertisement call of H. ibitipoca (Anura, Hylidae). Copeia, 3, 534–545.
https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-02-079R1
Oliveira, F.F.R., Nogueira, P.A.G. & Eterovick, P.C. (2012) Natural history of Phyllomedusa megacephala (Miranda-Ribeiro 1926) (Anura: Hylidae) in southeastern Brazil, with descriptions of its breeding biology and male territorial behavior. Journal of Natural History, 46, 117–129.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.626127
Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B. (2012) The release call of Rhinella bernardoi (Anura: Bufonidae). Herpetology Notes, 5, 255–258.
Stöck, M., Bretschneider, P. & Grosse, W. (2000) The mating call and male release call of Bufo raddei Strauch, 1876 with some phylogenetic implications. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 7, 215–226.
Sullivan, B.K. & Malmos, K.B. (1994) Call variation in the Colorado River toad (Bufo alvarius): behavioral and phylogenetic implications. Herpetologica, 50, 146–156.
Wogel, H., Abrunhosa, P.A. & Pombal-Jr, J.P. (2004) Vocalizations and aggressive behavior of Phyllomedusa rohdei (Anura: Hylidae). Herpetological Review, 35, 239–243.