@article {57982, title = {Morerella cyanophthalma (Anura: Hyperoliidae) in south- eastern Ivory Coast: Additional data and implications for the species{\textquoteright} conservation}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

We report new data from a Morerella cyanophthalma population in the Tano\é-Ehy forests, south-eastern Ivory Coast. The population lives in swamp forests dominated by Raphia palms. Eye colour differed partly to the two other known populations of the species at Banco and Azagny forests. There, males have porcelain white to brownish iris and females have blue eyes. At the new locality, some females possess a grey iris, and some males\’ eyes were bluish. Several parts of the Tano\é- Ehy forest are threatened by anthropogenic impacts. Ongoing habitat degradation and the extremely limited distribution of this species suggest that it is highly endangered. The implementation of an official protection status for the Tano\é-Ehy swamp forests is urgently recommended in order to avoid further devastating effects to this irreplaceable ecosystem of national and regional importance.

}, keywords = {Amphibia, Biodiversity hotspot, C{\^o}te d{\textquoteright}Ivoire, rainforest, Upper Guinea forest}, author = {Nakpobessaga Soro and Akoua Mich{\`e}le Kouam{\'e} and N{\textquoteright}Goran Germain Kouam{\'e} and Abouo B{\'e}atrice Adepo-Gour{\`e}ne and Mark-Oliver R{\"o}del} } @article {57640, title = {Integrative taxonomy reveals first country record of Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Se{\~n}aris and Ayarzag{\"u}ena 2001, and distribution range extensions for Cochranella nola Harvey 1996, and Rulyrana spiculata Duellman 1976 (Anura: Centrolenidae) in Peru}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4691}, year = {2019}, month = {Apr-11-2019}, pages = {541 - 560}, abstract = {

We used an integrative taxonomy approach to investigate the taxonomic identity of several populations of glassfrogs from Peru, which are notoriously challenging to identify due to their overall similarity in morphology and coloration. We relied on comparisons of morphology, bioacoustics, and partial fragments of 16S rRNA DNA sequences. We report for the first time the presence of Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii in Peru, being this the southernmost locality known for the species. Likewise, we update and extend the distribution ranges of Rulyrana spiculata and Cochranella nola in the Andes of Peru, provide a 16S sequence of a topotype of R. spiculata, and confirm its presence in Bolivia. For all three species, we increase the current knowledge on their geographic distribution and genetic and phenotypic variation.

}, keywords = {16S rRNA, Amphibia, Andes, barcoding, bioacoustics, glassfrog, molecular analysis}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.7}, author = {CH{\'A}VEZ, GERM{\'A}N and PRADEL, RENZO and Alessandro Catenazzi} } @article {57573, title = {Bioacoustics of Pithecopus rusticus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae): A Rare Species Possibly Threatened with Extinction}, journal = {South American Journal of Herpetology}, volume = {14}, year = {2019}, month = {Jan-12-2019}, pages = {196}, abstract = {

Vocalization is an important means of intra- and interspecific communication in anurans and is essential for reproduction. Here, we describe the advertisement and territorial calls of Pithecopus rusticus and determine the influence of air temperature and morphometric variables on advertisement call parameters. We recorded the vocalizations at the type-locality, in the municipality of \Água Doce, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, from September 2015 to February 2016. The advertisement call was composed of a short note, emitted sporadically, with a duration of 0.023 \± 0.002 ms (0.019\–0.033 ms; n = 244). We recorded two types of territorial calls that were observed during the interaction between males. Territorial call I was composed of two notes and had a duration of 0.095 \± 0.043 ms (0.033\–0.166 ms; n = 27). Territorial call II was a multipulsed note lasting 0.911 \± 0.340 ms (0.504\–1.346 ms; n = 9) composed of 7\–58 pulses emitted after territorial call I. Advertisement call duration was negatively related to air temperature. The duration and number of notes of the advertisement call of P. rusticus were similar to those of phylogenetically close species. Information on vocal repertoires of amphibians and factors influencing acoustic parameters are essential to understand the systematic taxonomy and evolution of groups, especially little-known species such as P. rusticus.

}, keywords = {Amphibia, Atlantic Forest, Highlands of southern Brazil, vocalizations}, doi = {10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00071.1}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/south-american-journal-of-herpetology/volume-14/issue-3/SAJH-D-17-00071.1/Bioacoustics-of-Pithecopus-rusticus-Anura-Phyllomedusidae--A-Rare-Species/10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00071.1.full}, author = {Boschetti, Joana Priscilla and De Bastiani, Veluma Ial{\'u} Molinari and Lingnau, Rodrigo and Lucas, Elaine Maria} } @article {57370, title = {A new striped species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) with a composite advertisement call and comments on the D. rubicundulus group}, journal = {Vertebrate Zoology}, volume = {69}, year = {2019}, pages = {227{\textendash}246}, chapter = {227}, abstract = {

Herein we describe Dendropsophus rozenmani sp. nov. based on morphological, bioacoustic, and molecular data. This new species is distinguished from other species of Dendropsophus by its small size (SVL 18.7\–21.1 mm in adult males and 19.6\–23.2 mm in females); in life, dorsal ground coloration brown, with two anterior parallel and straight, dark brown stripes and a middorsal sacral stripe; and lateral limits of dorsal coloration above tympanum. In addition, the new species differs from all other species of the D. rubicundulus group (along with D. anataliasiasi) by having a composite advertisement call, i.e., a series of calls consisting of two call types. In a phylogenetic tree based on 494 bp of the 16S mitochondrial gene, four species of Dendropsophus, D. cruzi, D. juliani, and D. sanborni and one candidate species, D. juliani A, are positioned within the rubicundulus species group which poses questions on the monophyly of this group as well as its morphological definition. The occurrence of both single and composite calls in the D. rubicundulus group suggests future studies on the call evolution in that group as well as the whole genus.

}, keywords = {advertisement call, Amphibia, bioacoustics, Cerrado, Chiquitan{\'\i}a, Dendropsophus tritaeniatus, species delimitation, taxonomy}, issn = {1864-5755}, doi = {10.26049/VZ69-3-2019-01}, author = {Martin Jansen and Diego Jos{\'e} Santana and Bernardo Franco da Veiga Teixeira and Gunther K{\"o}hler} } @article {53543, title = {Almost a hundred years later, the advertisement call of Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro 1920 (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4550}, year = {2019}, month = {Jan-01-2021}, pages = {428}, abstract = {

The Neotropical genus Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro is composed of five recognized species commonly referred as \“casque-headed frogs\” (Frost 2018). Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro occurs in Atlantic Forest lowlands from the states of S\ão Paulo to Bahia, Brazil (Feio et al. 1998; Mollo Neto \& Teixeira Jr. 2012; Ruas et al. 2013). The biology of most Aparasphenodon species is poorly known. Within the genus, until now only Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli \& Haddad has its call formally described (Louren\ço-de-Moraes et al., 2013, Forti et al., 2018, Guerra et al., 2018). Herein, we describe the advertisement call of Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro.

}, keywords = {Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4550.310.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.10}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4550.3https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4550.3.10}, author = {FREIRE, IASODHARA RODRIGUES and THOMASSEN, HANS and ROCHA, PEDRO CARVALHO and LEITE, FELIPE S{\'A} FORTES} } @article {53531, title = {A name for the nurse-frog (Allobates, Aromobatidae) of Floresta Nacional de Caraj{\'a}s, Eastern Brazilian Amazonia}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4550}, year = {2019}, month = {Oct-01-2020}, pages = {71}, abstract = {

We describe a new species of nurse-frog (Aromobatidae, Allobates) from Floresta Nacional de Caraj\ás, southeastern Brazilian Amazonia. Allobates carajas sp. nov. is distinguished from similar congeneric species by the combination of the following characters: body-size range (snout-to-vent length 16.5\–19.1 mm), dorsal color pattern with a dark brown hourglass-shaped mark, by the absence of a pale dorsolateral stripe and presence of a pale ventrolateral stripe, absence of a pale paracloacal mark, by overall bright yellow ventral colors of live male and female specimens, and by the posterior labium of tadpoles, with a single row of pyramidal papillae medially. The advertisement call of the new species is highly variable, with four possible temporal arrangements of notes (continuous emission of notes separated by regular silent intervals, continuous emission of notes separated by irregular silent intervals, emission of discrete note trills, and sporadic emission of single notes). Duration of notes range between 0.020\–0.060 s, and the dominant frequency of notes range from 4.75 to 5.38 kHz. The new species is currently known only from forested habitats within Floresta Nacional de Caraj\ás.

}, keywords = {Advertisement calls, Amphibia, conservation unit, Dendrobatoidea, mitochondrial DNA, Par{\'a}}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4550.110.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.3}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4550.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4550.1.3}, author = {Diana Rojas and Albertina Pimentel Lima} } @article {53503, title = {Five new country records of Amazonian anurans for Brazil, with notes on morphology, advertisement calls, and natural history}, journal = {Herpetology Notes}, volume = {12}, year = {2019}, pages = {211{\textendash}219}, abstract = {

We report for the first time the occurrences in Brazil of Boana hobbsi, Osteocephalus deridens and Tepuihyla shushupe (Hylidae), and confirm the occurrences of Ranitomeya defleri and Ranitomeya variabilis (Dendrobatidae) referring voucher specimens obtained from an expedition to Esta\ç\ão Ecol\ógica Juami-Japur\á, state of Amazonas, Brazil, in February 2017. Additionally, we provide data on morphology of voucher specimens, advertisement calls, field observations and geographic distribution of these species. We also describe the external morphology of the female R. defleri, which was previously unknown to science.

}, keywords = {Amazon, Amphibia, conservation units, Dendrobatidae, Hylidae, Japur{\'a} River}, author = {Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando MJ and Gagliardi-Urrutia, Giussepe and Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago} } @article {53498, title = {The vocalization of Gastrotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1888) (Anura, Hemiphractidae) from the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4543}, year = {2019}, month = {Jun-01-2019}, pages = {284}, abstract = {

Gastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843 (Hemiphractidae) is composed of 70 species classified into four species groups, among which Gastrotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1882) and G. microdiscus (Andersson, 1910) species groups are distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Castroviejo-Fisher et al. 2015; Duellman \& Venegas 2016). The Gastrotheca fissipes group comprises six species: G. fissipes, G. flamma Junc\á \& Nunes, 2008, G. megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva \& Peixoto, 2009, G. prasina Teixeira Jr. et al. 2012, G. pulchra Caramaschi \& Rodrigues, 2007, and G. recava Teixeira Jr. et al. 2012, and most of these species are distributed in the northern Atlantic Forest, the most threatened region of the Atlantic Forest Domain (Ribeiro et al. 2009).

}, keywords = {Amphibia, Anura, Hemiphractidae}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4543.210.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.6}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4543.2https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4543.2.6}, author = {ROBERTO, IGOR JOVENTINO and SANTOS, EDNILZA MARANH{\~A}O DOS and Thiago R. De Carvalho} }