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Issue: Vol. 2660 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2660.1.5
Page range: 57–67
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of smooth horned frog, genus Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae), from the Atlantic Rainforest of eastern Bahia, Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Amphibia Alsodinae Proceratophrys appendiculata species complex Proceratophrys sanctaritae sp. nov. taxonomy Vale do Jiquiriçá

Abstract

We describe a new species of smooth horned frog related to the Proceratophrys appendiculata complex, constituting the northernmost record of that complex for the Atlantic Forest remnants in eastern Bahia, northeastern Brazil, within a region known as Vale do Jiquiriçá. Proceratophrys sanctaritae sp. nov. is diagnosed from all congeners by the combination of medium size (snout–vent length 38.4–45.5 mm), single and long uni-cuspidate palpebral appendage, rostral appendage longer than upper lip width, presence of preocular crest, frontoparietal crest poorly developed, color of ventral surfaces, and acoustic parameters of the advertisement call.

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