Title
A new species of phyzelaphryne heyer, 1977 (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Japurá River basin, with a discussion of the diversity and distribution of the genus
Date Issued
18 December 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Simões P.I.
Costa J.C.L.
Rojas-Runjaic F.J.M.
Sturaro M.J.
Peloso P.L.V.
Castroviejo-Fisher S.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
We describe and name the second species of Phyzelaphryne (Brachycephaloidea, Eleutherodactylidae), from northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. Phyzelaphryne nimio sp. nov. is distinguished from its only congener, Phyzelaphryne miriamae, by its smaller body size and the anatomy of the carpal and metacarpal regions, with relatively larger (sometimes fused) supernumerary carpal and metacarpal tubercles. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on fragments of the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COI suggest that the currently known distribution of the species is restricted to its type locality and other areas within Estação Ecológica Juami-Japurá, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Based on molecular, morphological and bioacoustic evidence, we assigned other specimens recently collected in Parque Nacional do Jaú, state of Amazonas, Brazil, to P. miriamae, extending the species’ known geographic distribution north of the Amazon River.
Start page
203
End page
230
Volume
4532
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85058539158
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to Mauricio Rivera-Correa, Ross MacCulloch and one anonymous reviewer for the careful revision of the manuscript. We thank Taran Grant (MZUSP), Ana L. C. Prudente (MPEG) and Kevin de Queiroz (USNM) for granting us access to specimens under their care. We thank Maria Laura Delapieve, Bárbara Calegari, Juliano Romanzini and Tiffany M. da Silva for assisting us with staining and photographing specimens. We are grateful to Ailton M. da Silva, Gutemberg M. Nascimento, José G. da Silva and Raimundo N. L. da Silva for field assistance at EEJJ. We are also thankful to the boat crew of “Castelo Guedes III” and fellow researchers (Lincoln Carneiro, Pablo Cerqueira, Pedro Dias, Hueliton Ferreira, Bernardo Santos and Níthomas Feitosa) for companionship and help during fieldwork at PNJ. We thank Elder Pena, Mariana Leitão and Josângela Jesus and all of the ICMBio staff in Tefé and Novo Airão for their invaluable logistical support. The expedition to EEJJ was funded by grants from Programa de Excelência Acadêmica of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (PROEX-CAPES, project #1030/2014), with additional funds from Programa de Áreas Protegidas of Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ARPA/ICMBio). The expedition to PNJ was funded by the National Geographic Society (#WGS 430-16) and the Smithsonian Institution Global Genome Initiative. Acoustic data of P. miriamae were obtained with the support of Santo Antônio Energia S.A. Collection permits for both EEJJ and PNJ expeditions were provided by ICMBio and the respective park administration (permit numbers #57090-1 for EEJJ, #56338-1 for PNJ). PIS currently receives a post-doctoral fellowship from PNPD-CAPES through Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia of PUCRS. PLVP was supported by a grant from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CPNq BJT 313680/2014-0), JCLC was supported by Programa de Capacitação Institucional do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (PCI/MPEG/MCTIC 312847/2015-7), MJS was supported by a scholarship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. FJMRR and GGU are currently supported by PhD scholarships from CNPq (processes 142444/2014-6 and 140716/2016-5, respectively). This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.
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