Taxonomic review of Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) with revalidation of Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864) and description of two new related species (Anura: Leiuperidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2491 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLA SANTANA CASSINI ◽  
CARLOS ALBERTO GONÇALVES CRUZ ◽  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI
Keyword(s):  
Original Description ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Southern Limit ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Interpopulational Variation ◽  
Two New Species

Physalaemus olfersii was described by M.H.K. Lichtenstein and E.K. Martens in 1856 based on two syntypes collected by I.M. Olfers between the years 1818 and 1819. Due to the brevity of it’s original description and high interpopulational variation, a taxonomic review of material assigned to the species is proposed. Morphological comparisons allowed us to associate the syntype of P. olfersii to populations distributed between the state of Espírito Santo and of São Paulo to which the southern limit is the to the municipality of São Paulo. Historical documents allowed us to define an area within Serra do Mar mountain range as the type locality of the species. Morphological and acoutics comparisons of P. olfersii from different localities in southern and southeastern Brazil revealed considerable variation among populations. Differences in call parameters and morphology, led us to conclude that three more species where under the name P. olfersii: Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864) comb. nov. and two new species, Physalaemus feioi sp. nov. and P. orophilus sp. nov.

scholarly journals Shallow landslide prediction in the Serra do Mar, São Paulo, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1829-1837 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Vieira ◽  
N. F. Fernandes ◽  
O. A. Filho
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Shallow Landslide ◽  
Shallow Landslides ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Landslide Prediction ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Number Of Cells

Abstract. Various methods are currently used in order to predict shallow landslides within the catchment scale. Among them, physically based models present advantages associated with the physical description of processes by means of mathematical equations. The main objective of this research is the prediction of shallow landslides using TRIGRS model, in a pilot catchment located at Serra do Mar mountain range, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil. Susceptibility scenarios have been simulated taking into account different mechanical and hydrological values. These scenarios were analysed based on a landslide scars map from the January 1985 event, upon which two indexes were applied: Scars Concentration (SC – ratio between the number of cells with scars, in each class, and the total number of cells with scars within the catchment) and Landslide Potential (LP – ratio between the number of cells with scars, in each class, and the total number of cells in that same class). The results showed a significant agreement between the simulated scenarios and the scar's map. In unstable areas (SF≤1), the SC values exceeded 50% in all scenarios. Based on the results, the use of this model should be considered an important tool for shallow landslide prediction, especially in areas where mechanical and hydrological properties of the materials are not well known.

scholarly journals Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea Latreille, 1802: new continent record and distribution extension in Brazil

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Juventina Magrini ◽  
Paula Beatriz Araujo ◽  
Marcio Uehara-Prado
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
First Time

Terrestrial Isopods were sampled in four protected Atlantic Forest areas located in Serra do Mar, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. A total of 2,217 individuals of six species (Atlantoscia sp., Benthana werneri, Pseudodiploexochus tabularis, Pudeoniscus obscurus, Styloniscus spinosus and Trichorhina sp.) were captured in pitfall traps. The exotic species S. spinosus is recorded for the first time for the Americas. Another introduced species, P. tabularis, previously recorded only from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, had its geographic distribution extended to the state of São Paulo. The most abundant isopods in this study belong to an undescribed species of Atlantoscia.

A new species of the highland frog genus Holoaden (Amphibia, Strabomantidae) from cloud forests of southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3599 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
ITAMAR A. MARTINS ◽  
HUSSAM ZAHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Holoaden is described from the Atlantic forest of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, being restricted to primary or slightly disturbed high altitude cloud forests along the northeastern portion of the Serra do Mar. The typelocality is determined as Estação Ecológica de Bananal, in the Municipality of Bananal, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The new species is characterized by its moderate body size (female 42.6–44.2 mm SVL; male 37.2–38.5 mm SVL) with long and slender limbs, a head wider than long, a highly glandular dorsum, covered by well developed macroglands that extend to the internasal region, thigh and tibia, and an intense dark brown dorsal coloration and dark grey ventral surface.

scholarly journals Amphibians and reptiles of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), SP: an Atlantic Forest remnant of Southeastern Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cybele de Oliveira Araujo ◽  
Thais Helena Condez ◽  
Rafael Parelli Bovo ◽  
Fernanda da Cruz Centeno ◽  
Amom Mendes Luiz
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The South ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
São Paulo State

The herpetofauna of São Paulo State, Brazil, can be characterized as the most well-known in the country. However, despite the large number of studies in this area, there are still many sampling gaps within biomes such as the Atlantic Forest that are considered global conservation priorities due to the high rate of endemism and human disturbance. As a result of political and historical pressure, this biome has been reduced to less than 12% of its original extent and, despite its importance for global biodiversity conservation, only a small percentage of its original vegetation cover (1%) has some form of legal protection. This is the case of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR) which, together with the Parque Estadual de Intervales, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho and Mosaico de Unidades de Conservação de Jacupiranga, forms of an ombrophilous forest continuum of 360 thousand ha in the south of São Paulo State. This study presents a list of amphibians and reptiles from the PETAR, with information on the local distribution and habitat use of the species. The survey was conducted from October to December 2009, completing a total of 15 sampling days using four complementary methods of active sampling: visual encounters, auditory encounters, searches by car and incidental encounters. We recorded a total of 91 species belonging to 53 genera and 24 families. This high diversity can be attributed to the existence of a wide variety of habitats and microhabitats in this region, such as the various aquatic sites used by many species of anuran amphibians. Moreover, the PETAR features a large altitudinal gradient (80 - 1,160 m elevation) that gives a large climatic, geological and hydrological heterogeneity to the area. This inventory is an important contribution to the expansion of knowledge about these assemblages in the Atlantic Forest to the south of Serra de Paranapiacaba mountain range, and provides support for the conservation of these groups in São Paulo State.

scholarly journals A review of the ornithological knowledge of the northern Serra do Mar mountains in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Schunck ◽  
José Fernando Pacheco ◽  
Alexsander Z. Antunes ◽  
Ricardo Luís Gagliardi ◽  
Luís Fábio Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Serra Do Mar

scholarly journals Two new species of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 267 (3) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
CLAUDIA PIGATTI CALIARI ◽  
VINICIUS CASTRO SOUZA ◽  
FIORELLA F. MAZINE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Flower Buds ◽  
Inflorescence Size ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Myrcia from the Atlantic rainforest in southeastern Brazil, Myrcia congestiflora and Myrcia longipaniculata are here described and illustrated. Myrcia congestiflora occurs in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states and is similar to Myrcia cerqueiria, differing by having densely sericeous indumentum (versus sparse and shorter trichomes), larger flowers and flower buds (flower buds with 3–4 mm versus 1.1 mm long) and by acute or obtuse calyx lobes rather than rounded. Myrcia longipaniculata is known for one collection from the boundary of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro differing from Myrcia spectabilis mainly by the longer inflorescence size (29 cm versus 3.5–21.5 cm long.) as well as for presenting a strong reddish or ferruginous indumentum (versus brown to yellowish).

Two new terebellid polychaetes (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1205 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOÃ MIGUEL DE MATOS NOGUEIRA ◽  
TARSILA MONTREZORO ALVES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Lateral Margin ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Ventral Lobe ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Anterior Segments

Two new species of terebellid polychaetes are described, from material collected from the intertidal zone to 45 m deep off the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The thelepodine Pseudostreblosoma brevitentaculatum sp. nov., is characterised by short, distally expanded tentacles, the presence of a mid-ventral lobe on segment 1 and short lateral lobes on segments 2–4, and by the arrangement of branchial filaments. The species is compared to both other known species of the genus. The terebelline Phisidia rubra sp. nov. differs from its congeners by its smaller size, and by having up to four eyespots at each lateral margin of prostomium, close to the mouth, about 5 rows of secondary teeth above uncinial main fang, uncini arranged in double rows on segments 11–20, 14 pairs of notopodia and by anterior segments being dorsally inflated. Phisidia rubra sp. nov. is compared to its closest congeners and a table comparing all known species of Phisidia is provided.

Two new species of Agauopsis (Halacaridae, Acari) from Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 994 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALMIR R. PEPATO ◽  
CLÁUDIO R. TIAGO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coarse Sand ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Shell Debris

Mites belonging to two new species of Agauopsis (Halacaridae, Acari) were obtained from seaweed, coarse sand and coarse shell debris taken from several sites in Northern Coast of São Paulo State. Agauopsis legionium sp. nov., which belongs to the brevipalpus group and Agauopsis itassussensis sp. nov., closely related to A. okinavensis Bartsch, 1986 are described.

The sharpshooter genus Aguana: taxonomic notes, two new species from Brazil, the female of A. imbricata, and updated key (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4577 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI ◽  
ALEXANDRE C. DOMAHOVSKI ◽  
RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females

The genus Aguana Melichar, 1926 previously included only two species from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil. Here we provide a revised diagnosis for the genus and describe two new Brazilian species and the female of A. imbricata (Signoret, 1854). The new taxa are A. picinguaba sp. nov. (states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Santa Catarina) and A. spitzi sp. nov. (State of São Paulo). Aguana species are very similar to one another externally and can be distinguished mainly by features of the male terminalia (especially of the aedeagus) and female sternite VII. A key to males and females of the genus is added (except the female of A. russata Young, 1977). 

Two new species of the Parmotrema subrugatum group from the coast of São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil

Mycotaxon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel N. Benatti ◽  
Marcelo P. Marcelli ◽  
John A. Elix
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
São Paulo State
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