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 Espírito 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 , Melanophryniscus setiba , Parque Estadual Paulo César Vinha (Guarapari, Br , Toads

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3762 2012

Identifiers

OCLC: 817933275