A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2017
Authors:Marciano, Jr, Lantyer-Silva, Solé
Journal:Zootaxa
Volume:4238
Issue:1
Pagination:135
Date Published:Feb-03-2017
ISSN:1175-5326
Keywords:Amphibia, bioacoustics, diversity, morphometrics, phytothelm
Abstract:

We describe a new species of Phyllodytes from Ilhéus (15º04’S, 39º03’W; 95 m above sea level), south of state of Bahia, in the northeastern Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Phyllodytes megatympanum sp. nov. is diagnosable by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsum of body, arms, and legs uniformly light brown; (2) groin yellow; (3) snout pointed in dorsal view, protruding in profile; (4) tympanum large with a round distinct tympanic annulus; (5) adult males with two anterior large odontoids followed by a series of smaller odontoids on each side of the mandible; (6) well-developed tubercle near tibio-tarsal joint; (7) advertisement call composed of a series of 12 to 19 unpulsed notes, with harmonic structure and (8) mean dominant frequency of 3.98 kHz.

URL:http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4238.1
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.110.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.11
Short Title:Zootaxa
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