A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil

A new species of the genus Liotyphlops, known from three localities in the states of Alagoas and Bahia, in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil, is described. Liotyphlops trefauti sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: four scales contacting the posterior edge of prefrontal; one scale contacting the posterior edge of nasal, between the second supralabial and the frontal; five scales in the first vertical row of lateral head scales; 22-22-22 scales around body; 520–543 dorsal scales; 499–532 ventral scales; absence of eye spot; and dorsal and ventral color bright yellowish-brown to reddish-brown.

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A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2719 (1) ◽

pp. 62 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ELIZA MARIA XAVIER FREIRE ◽

ULISSES CARAMASCHI ◽

UBIRATAN GONÇALVES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sea Level ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Tail Length ◽

Species Group ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Basal Region ◽

A New Species

A new species of Dendrophidion belonging to the D. dendrophis species group is described from Mata do Engenho Coimbra (08°59’S, 35°53’W; 526 m above sea level), Municipality of Ibateguara, in the Atlantic Rainforest remnants of the State of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. Dendrophidion atlantica sp. nov. is characterized by having 154–163 ventral scales, 140–160 subcaudal scales, tail length 62.2–74.8% of snout–vent length, collar absent, head uniformly brown and dorsal ground color brown, paler on anterior third, with cream transversal lines (one half a scale long), bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by dark brown lines (one half a scale long), distributed from the neck to the tail; hemipenis single, subcylindrical, unicapitate, and unicalyculate; calyces large, well defined, papillate; a series of 12 large spines just below the capitulum, on the asulcate and lateral sides; a series of four spines, two large laterals and two small between them, in the basal region of the asulcate side of the organ body; two large spines on the lateral distal areas of the sulcate side of the hemipenial body; sulcus spermaticus centrolineal, bifurcating at the tip of the capitulum.

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Another new species of Phyllodytes (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4407 (1) ◽

pp. 101 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

VICTOR G. D. ORRICO ◽

IURI R. DIAS ◽

EUVALDO MARCIANO-JR.

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Medium Size ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Phyllodytes is described from the State of Bahia, in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Phyllodytes praeceptor sp. nov. can be differentiated from other species of Phyllodytes by its medium size (SVL 20.7–25.8 mm in males); odontoids moderately developed; vocal sac externally visible; eyes large and prominent; dorsum homogenously cream, except for a few scattered spots and blotches; venter areolate with two parallel, paramedial lines of larger tubercles; few tubercles in the ventral surface of thighs, the largest being the medial one; a large tubercle on the skin around the tibio-tarsal articulation; nuptial pad rounded and moderately expanded.

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Ituglanis agreste, a new catfish from the rio de Contas basin, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252013000300005 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 513-524 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sergio M. Q. Lima ◽

Cinara P. Neves ◽

Rafael M. Campos-Paiva

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Transition Area ◽

Fin Rays ◽

Tributary Stream ◽

A New Species ◽

Semi Arid ◽

Pectoral Fin Rays

Ituglanis agreste, a new species of catfish, is described from a tributary stream of the rio Gongogi drainage, rio de Contas basin, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil, from a transition area between the Atlantic Rain Forest and the semi-arid Caatinga savanna. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: elongate interopercle plate with high number of odontodes (26-30), high number of ribs (5-6), fewer vertebrae (36), number of branchiostegal rays (7), number of pectoral-fin rays (i,6) and absence of s1 pore. Comparisons with other Ituglanis species and putative plesiomorphic characters are presented. Some comments about conservation of Ituglanis species from northeastern Brazil are also made.

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A New Species of Phyllocladiferous Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364421x16370109698669 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 1011-1015

Author(s):

Priscila Orlandini ◽

Inês Cordeiro ◽

Jone Clebson Ribeiro Mendes ◽

Antônio Campos-Rocha ◽

Vinicius Castro Souza

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

The State ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Taxonomic Affinity ◽

A New Species

Abstract— A new species of Phyllanthus with phylloclades endemic to the State of Bahia is described here. Phyllanthus dracaenoides can be recognized for its peculiar habit that resembles a species of Dracaena, a very unusual height of up to 7 m, the plagiotropic phylloclades spirally arranged, and its vermiform cincinni. Notes on its habitat, taxonomic affinity, conservation status, geographic distribution, illustrations, and photographs are provided.

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A new species of the genus Chiromyza Wiedemann (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.37 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 ◽

pp. e20206037

Author(s):

José Roberto Pujol-Luz

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Related Species ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Distal Region ◽

Outer Margin ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Distal Surface ◽

The City ◽

A New Species

Seven species of the genus Chiromyza Wiedemann are recorded in Brazil: C. brevicornis (Lindner, 1949), C. enderleini (Lindner, 1949), C. leptiformis (Macquart, 1838), C. ochracea Wiedemann, 1820, C. stylicornis (Enderlein, 1921), C. viridis Bezzi, 1922 and C. vittata Wiedemann, 1820. Herein I describe a new species, Chiromyza raccai sp. nov., based on 88 specimens (41 males, 47 females) from the Atlantic Rain Forest mountains of State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the city of Miguel Pereira. The new species is distinguished from the related species C. ochracea and C. vittata by the structure of male terminalia. Chiromyza raccai sp. nov. has the distal region of the phallus rounded with two conspicuous apical setae, C. ochracea has the distal surface of the phallus wide and flatness, and C. vittata has the distal surface of the phallus rounded with outer margin rugose.

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Ceraceomyces atlanticus (Amylocorticiales, Basidiomycota), a new species from the Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.296.1.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 296 (1) ◽

pp. 73 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

RENATA DOS SANTOS CHIKOWSKI ◽

KARL-HENRIK LARSSON ◽

TATIANA BAPTISTA GIBERTONI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Phylogenetic Tree ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Line Drawings ◽

Hyphal System ◽

A New Species

Ceraceomyces is characterized by resupinate basidioma with pellicular aspect, thin hymenial layer and loose subiculum, smooth or merulioid hymenial surface, monomitic hyphal system with clamped hyphae, narrowly clavate basidia, and subglobose to narrowly ovate to ellipsoid basidiospores. Five species are reported for South America, four of which are known from Brazil, and Ceraceomyces atlanticus is here introduced as a new species. Macro- and micro-descriptions, line drawings and a LSU phylogenetic tree for Amylocorticiales are provided.

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