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- Title
A New Species of Crossodactylodes from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae).
- Authors
T. Santos, Marcus Thadeu; Pinheiro, Paulo D.P.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Griffiths, Richard A.; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Barata, Izabela M.
- Abstract
The bromeligenous genus Crossodactylodes, endemic to the Atlantic Forest domain and the "campo rupestre" ecosystem in Brazil, currently comprises five named species. Three additional putatively new species have already been proposed in a recent study based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Here we employ phenotypic data to corroborate the distinctiveness of one of these lineages, and describe it as a new species, from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in the municipality of Itamarandiba, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. We also provide information on its natural history and conservation status. The new species is diagnosable from its congeners by a combination of characters, including the presence of vocal slits in adult males, the orange coloration of discs on fingers and toes, and the presence of vomerine odontophores. The new species is the second Crossodactylodes to be reported for the campo rupestre and it was only recorded in a small forest patch composed of low trees, shrubs, mosses, lichens, and a high density of bromeliads.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MINAS Gerais (Brazil); LEPTODACTYLIDAE; ANURA; BROMELIACEAE; EPIPHYTIC lichens; NATURAL history; SPECIES; FINGERS
- Publication
Herpetologica, 2023, Vol 79, Issue 2, p108
- ISSN
0018-0831
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00035