A new species of Scinax Wagler (Hylidae: Scinaxini) from the tropical forests of Northeastern Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:48:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-06 We describe a new species of the Scinax ruber clade from Northeastern Brazil that occurs in widely separated geographic areas in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia state and the Highland Humid Forest of Serra de Baturité, northeast Ceará state. Scinax tropicalia sp. nov. (holotype coordinates: -14.795694°, -39.172645°) is diagnosed from all 75 currently recognize species of the S. ruber clade by bioacoustical and morphological adult traits, such as duration (0.11–0.31 s) and dominant frequency (1.59–1.85 kHz) of the advertisement call, snout shape rounded, nearly rounded, or semi-circular in dorsal view and rounded to slightly protruding in profile, bilobate vocal sac, absence of pectoral glands and spicule-shaped papillary epidermal projections on nuptial pads, and color pattern on the dorsum of body and hidden surfaces of hindlimbs. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16 División Herpetología Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”—CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais Laboratório de Vertebrados Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8 Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal do Ceará, Avenida Mister Hull, s/n, Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia, Bloco 905, Pici Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160 Laboratório de Herpetologia Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP) Universidade Estadual Paulista—UNESP, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista Laboratório de Herpetologia Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP) Universidade Estadual Paulista—UNESP, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista