Title
An extraordinary new species of Melanophryniscus (Anura, Bufonidae) from southeastern Brazil
Title Variants
Alternative:
New species of Melanophryniscus
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3762
By
Peloso, Pedro L. V.
Faivovich, Julián
Grant, Taran, 1972-
Gasparini, João Luiz
Haddad, Célio F. B.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2012
Notes
Caption title.
"November 14, 2012."
We describe a new species of bufonid from a lowland, sandy soil, restinga habitat in the state of EspiÌrito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Based on the shared occurrence of putative morphological synapomorphies of Melanophryniscus and the results of a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences of a broad sample of bufonids, and other anurans, we assign the new species to Melanophryniscus. The new species possesses several peculiar character states that distinguish it from all other Melanophryniscus including, but not limited to: fingers II, III, and V much reduced; nuptial pad with few enlarged, brown-colored spines on medial margin of finger II; seven presacral vertebrae, the last fused with the sacrum; and ventral humeral crest prominent, forming a spinelike projection.
Subjects
Amphibians
,
Brazil
,
Bufonidae
,
Classification
,
Coastal animals
,
Forest animals
,
Guarapari
,
Melanophryniscus
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Melanophryniscus setiba
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Parque Estadual Paulo CeÌsar Vinha (Guarapari, Br
,
Toads
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3762 2012
Identifiers
OCLC:
817933275
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