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Issue: Vol. 3484 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3484.1.4
Page range: 65–74
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) from southern Amazonia

Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus do Pimenta, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Bairro do Pimenta, 63105-100, Crato, CE, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Amazonas—UFAM, ICB, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Av. Gen. Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Setor Sul, Bloco M, CEP 69077-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coleção de Anfíbios e Répteis, Campus II, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69060-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia, ICB, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av Gen. Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Manaus, AM, Brasil. CEP 69077-000
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, CEP 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
UNESP—Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociencias, Departamento de Parasitologia, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Amphibia Bufonidae Anura Amazon

Abstract

A new species of the genus Amazophrynella is described from southern Amazonia, Brazil. The new species is characterized by its medium size for the genus (15.2–19.3 mm SVL in males, 20.2–25.7 mm SVL in females), snout rounded in dorsal view, acute in lateral view, presence of subrostral crest not converging anteriorly, finger I shorter than finger II, and by dorsal and ventral coloration. The reproductive behavior of the new species is similar to other Amazophrynella with pigmented and numerous eggs that are probably laid in temporary ponds. 

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