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Issue: Vol. 3784 No. 3: 28 Mar. 2014
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.9
Page range: 294–296
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 16

The advertisement call of Dendropsophus pseudomeridianus
(Cruz, Caramaschi & Dias) (Anura: Hylidae)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis. Caixa Postal 68044, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis. Caixa Postal 68044, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis. Caixa Postal 68044, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Anura Hylidae

Abstract

The advertisement call plays a fundamental role in anuran reproduction (Duellman & Trueb 1994; Wells 2007). Some species that may be confused morphologically with each other can be distinguished by vocalization (Pombal et al. 1995). It is the case of Dendropsophus pseudomeridianus, which is phenotypically very similar to D. berthalutzae (Bokermann), D. branneri (Cochran), D. decipiens (Lutz), D. haddadi (Pombal & Bastos), D. meridianus (Lutz) and D. oliveirai (Bokermann). Herein, we present the first quantitative description of the advertisement call of D. pseudomeridianus and compare it with the advertisement call of morphologically similar species of the D. microcephalus group.