Title
A new species of Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) with two distinct advertisement calls
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Kaefer I.L.
Ferrão M.
Farias I.P.
Lima A.P.
Universidad Federal de Amazonas
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
Here we describe a new species of the toad genus Amazophrynella (Bufonidae) from the south margin of the Amazon River in Santarém, state of Pará, Brazilian Amazonia. The new species can be diagnosed by (1) medium body size for the genus: adult females 19.5-20.4 mm SVL, adult males 13.0-14.5 mm SVL; (2) snout acuminate in lateral view; (3) Finger I larger and robust; (4) Finger I nearly equal in size than Finger II; (5) palmar tubercle rounded, covering 1/4 of hand; (6) pigmented callus in Finger I in males; in life: (7) brown stain on throat and chest; (8) black dots on venter. Males emit two distinct advertisement calls: the call type 1 consists of a relatively long note (mean 0.248 s) with a mean dominant frequency of 3526 Hz. The call type 2 is arranged in bouts of 6 to 22 notes with mean dominant frequency of 3450 Hz and much shorter note durations (mean 0.034 s). In this study we also redescribe the advertisement call of A. minuta, which also emits a second call type.
Start page
316
End page
334
Volume
4577
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85064109405
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
1175-5326
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to Miguel Vences and one anonymous reviewer for comments that considerably improved this article. We also thank Laudelino Vasconcelos for helping on fieldwork; Fernanda Werneck and Ariane Silva for access to INPA-H collection. Type series photographs were taken by Jeni Lima Magnusson with equipment acquired under grant provided by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM/PRONEX, ed. 016/2006, process 1437/2007). Financial support for fieldwork and laboratory procedures was provided by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq - CT Amazônia 575572/2008-6). Collection of specimens by ILK and APL was authorized by ICMBIO (licence # 13777-2). ILK, IPF and APL received productivity grants from CNPq. RRRZ thanks to Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for providing financial support. MF receives postdoctoral fellowship from CNPq (PDJ process 154325/2018-0).
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