Advertisement call and colour in life of Allobates crombiei (Morales) “2000” [2002] (Anura: Aromobatidae) from the type Locality (Cachoeira do Espelho), Xingu River, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3475 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALBERTINA P. LIMA ◽  
LUCIANA K. ERDTMANN ◽  
ADOLFO AMÉZQUITA
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Xingu River ◽  
The Right

Allobates crombiei was described by Morales, “2000” [2002] based on specimens collected by Ronald I. Crombie from Cachoeira do Espelho, on the right bank of the Xingu River, Pará State, Brazil. The original description was short and did not include the call or colour in life. Rodrigues & Caramaschi (2004) suggested that the taxonomic status of this species need be clarified. We are confident that the species collected and recorded by us is Allobates crombiei (Morales) “2000” [2002] because this is the only species of Allobates found calling in forest near Cachoeira do Espelho, and the character diagnosis in preserved specimens is similar, except that, based on preserved specimens, Morales (2002) considered the ventrolateral and the oblique lateral stripes to be absent. This may be because they are imperceptible in preserved specimens. However, unlike recent authors, Morales (2002) also considered the oblique lateral stripe to be absent in Allobates brunneus, Allobates gasconi and Allobates ornatus, in which he illustrated diffuse spots.

scholarly journals A new species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) of the stepheni group with the redescription of A. baeobatrachus (Boistel and de Massary, 1999), and an amended definition of A. leopardus Ouboter and Jairam, 2012

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (3) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTOINE FOUQUET ◽  
JEAN-PIERRE VACHER ◽  
ELODIE A. COURTOIS ◽  
CHLOÉ DESCHAMPS ◽  
PAUL OUBOTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Group A ◽  
Breeding Mode ◽  
Definition Of

Anomaloglossus is a species-rich genus of frogs endemic to the Guiana Shield that still harbors several unnamed species. Within the A. stepheni species group (which includes four valid nominal species), A. baeobatrachus has an uncertain taxonomic status, notably because the holotype was an unvouchered specimen depicted in a popular journal. Another member of this group, A. leopardus, was only superficially described, lacking information on the sex of specimens in the type series and on advertisement call. Therefore, these two taxa need clarifications in order to allow the description of the extant undescribed species. In this paper, we redescribe A. baeobatrachus based on newly collected material from the species type locality and provide information about its reproductive ecology. We also provide an amended definition of A. leopardus using newly collected material from its type locality. These two species form a clade along with a third species from the Eastern Guiana Shield, which is also described herein. The reproductive biology of A. baeobatrachus and A. stepheni is very similar. Both species have endotrophic and nidicolous tadpoles, despite being distantly related, suggesting independent evolution of this breeding mode. The new species and A. leopardus, on the other hand, have exotrophic tadpoles. 

scholarly journals Endemic bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Colombia: State of knowledge, distribution, and conservation

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ◽  
Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano ◽  
Darwin M. Morales-Martínez ◽  
Danny Zurc ◽  
Andrés Felipe Vargas-Arboleda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
National Level ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
International Union ◽  
New Information ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Bat Diversity

Colombia, with 209 species, is one of the richest countries in terms of bat diversity. This high bat diversity is comprised in nine families and 72 genera. A total of eight species of the families Emballonuridae (n = 1) and Phyllostomidae (n = 7) are listed as endemic to the country. In spite the relevance of Colombiain bat diversity, little is known of these endemic species which are mostly known from the type locality (n=4), whereas for others (n = 2), their taxonomic status is uncertain. Here, available information of endemic bats from Colombia is compiled, and new information on their distribution and conservation is provided. The most included species in publications including the original description (n = 15) was Lonchorhina marinkellei. The only distribution pattern observed for the species evaluated was for Carollia monohernandezi and Vampyressa sinchi that might overlap distributions in the eastern slopes of the Eastern Cordillera. Most endemic species are from the Andean and inter-Andean regions of the country (n = 6). At national level, there are no endemic species in any threatened category; however, at least one species (Lonchorhina marinkellei) is considered as Vulnerable (VU) and one (Saccopteryx antioquensis) as Endangered (EN) by the International Union forConservation of Nature-IUCN.

scholarly journals Redescription of the advertisement call of Brachycephalus tridactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos R. Bornschein ◽  
Mario M. Rollo Jr. ◽  
Marcio R. Pie ◽  
André E. Confetti ◽  
Luiz F. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Made In

Redescription of the advertisement call of Brachycephalus tridactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae). Miniaturized frogs of the genus Brachycephalus have restricted geographical distributions throughout the Atlantic Forest. Ecological data for most species are scarce and advertisement calls have been described for only 12 of the 36 known species, including B. tridactylus. The considerable duration of note length of the advertisement call of B. tridactylus has been mentioned in comparative studies of vocalizations in Brachycephalus. The single original recording of B. tridactylus, together with recordings made in March 2016 at the type locality, were analyzed to document any variation and redescribe the advertisement call of the species. In the recent recordings of B. tridactylus, the average length of the call is 50.8 s and the call is composed of 10–13 notes emitted at a note rate of 3.7–8.3 notes per min. The notes are isolated and composed of 1–3 pulses, with the note duration varying from 0.002–0.021 s. These values are not consistent with the original description of the call of B. tridactylus. The note duration is 89% shorter and the original description does not include notes with 1–3 pulses. The notes of B. tridactylus have few pulses, whereas those of B. ephippium have several. The advertisement call of B. tridactylus differs from that of B. albolineatus and B. mirissimus by having only isolated notes.

scholarly journals The advertisement call, color patterns and distribution of Ischnocnema izecksohni (Caramaschi and Kisteumacher, 1989) (Anura, Brachycephalidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro P. G. Taucce ◽  
Felipe S. F. Leite ◽  
Patrícia S. Santos ◽  
Renato N. Feio ◽  
Paulo C. A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Peak Frequency ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Quadrilátero Ferrífero

Ischnocnema izecksohni inhabits the gallery forests from the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Southern Espinhaço range, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, and it is considered endemic to this region. Its closest related species is I. nasuta according to the original description. We describe the advertisement call of I. izecksohni based on specimens recorded and collected at the municipality of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, distant about 10 km straight line from its type locality. The advertisement call consists of a group of notes emitted sporadically without a regular interval between the calls. Call duration (n = 36 calls in four individuals) ranged from 1.03 to 1.85 s (= 1.52 ± 0.21 s) and the call rise time from 0.66 to 1.52 s (= 1.16 ± 0.25 s), with 34-57 notes per call (= 47.42 ± 6.03). Peak frequency ranged from 2250 to 2625 Hz, the dominant frequency from 1317.8 to 3128.0 Hz and interval between notes from 22.00 to 41.00 ms (= 28.63 ± 0.03 ms). From the examination of herpetological collections, morphological and bioacoustical data we extended the species known distribution ca. 200 km eastward, to ten new localities, all of them outside the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, at the Mantiqueira mountain range. We analyzed color patterns and we find some dorsal patterns not described at the original description of I. izecksohni. We also make some comments concerning the taxonomic status of I. izecksohni and I. nasuta.

Rediscovery of the Liberian Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis (Xavier, 1978) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), and reassessment of its taxonomic status

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2355 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURA SANDBERGER ◽  
ANNIKA HILLERS ◽  
JOSEPH DOUMBIA ◽  
NÉMA-SOUA LOUA ◽  
CHRISTIAN BREDE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Patchy Distribution ◽  
Open Cast Mining ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
Open Cast ◽  
Genetic Comparison

We report on the search and rediscovery of the Liberian Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis, 30 years after its original description. A small surviving population could be traced in the surroundings of the type locality Mount Alpha, Liberia. The type locality was meanwhile destroyed by open cast mining. Similar to the Guinean Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis, the Liberian toad lives exclusively in open, savanna like habitats above 1200 m a.s.l. The presumably few surviving individuals and the small and patchy distribution classify the Liberian toads as Critically Endangered (Stuart et al. 2008). A morphological, acoustical and genetic comparison of Liberian and Guinean populations revealed only minor, but distinct morphological (size, colour) differences. Genetically and acoustically the two taxa were indistinguishable. We therefore propose to consider the two populations as conspecific and to consider Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis (Xavier, 1978) as junior synonym of Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Angel, 1943). Because of the morphological differences we propose to treat the Liberian population as a subspecies of the Guinean toad and herein introduce the new name: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis liberiensis.

On the taxonomy and natural history of the secretive Ischnocnema lactea Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923) (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Brachycephalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4444 (2) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIAGO SILVA-SOARES ◽  
LEO RAMOS MALAGOLI ◽  
CARLOS ALBERTO GONÇALVES CRUZ ◽  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI
Keyword(s):  
Large Body ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Museum Data

The original description of Ischnocnema lactea (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923) was based on  two specimens and an inaccurate type locality. These circumstances have obscured the identity of this name. Moreover, the I. lactea species  has had a complex taxonomic history and, in general, specimens of species in this group are poorly represented in amphibian collections. The diagnosis of the series is confusing, with many non-exclusive and variable characters barely useful. An accurate diagnosis for the series requires a precise characterization of I. lactea, its type species. Recently discovered populations, museum data, and new information on the collector of the type specimen allowed the elucidation of important issues related to this species. Here we provide the redescription of Ischnocnema lactea based on the lectotype, and intraspecific variation based on newly collected specimens. Ischnocnema lactea  is characterized by its large body size (adult 19.6–26.7 mm SVL; females 27.6–34.3 mm SVL); dorsum and flanks rugose, venter granular; vocal sac single and subgular, externally expanded; finger disks expanded, T-shaped, indented and truncate in fingers II–IV; toes relative length I<II<III<V<IV; black blotch on cloacal region, tarsus, and feet; moderate calcar tubercle present. Its advertisement call consists on a single short pulsed note ranging from 634 to 1060 milliseconds, with dominant frequency ranging from 2239.5 to 2756.2 Hz. Males call perched on vegetation mostly during daytime, starting early in the morning, and reproduction is explosive, associated to cold front rains. Ischnocnema lactea is a secretive and endemic inhabitant of the Serra do Mar in Southeastern Brazil. The type locality is redefined to the Municipality of Caraguatatuba. 

scholarly journals Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae, Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro, Verdade and Rodrigues, 2008: distribution extension with notes on natural history, color patterns, and morphometric data

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli ◽  
Flora Acuña Juncá ◽  
Deise Cruz ◽  
Rafael Oliveira de Abreu
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Morphometric Data ◽  
Chapada Diamantina

During surveys of anurans in the Chapada Diamantina, a semiarid region in central Bahia, Brazil, we obtained new records of Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro, Verdade and Rodrigues. The new records extend the geographic distribution of S. aramunha in about 200 km north and 75 km south in relation to the type locality (municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil). We observed males calling at night at the Morro do Pai Inácio, municipality of Palmeiras. This new data is important, as in the original description the authors suggested the possibility of absence of advertisement call in the species. We also provide additions on color and morphometric data.

On the taxonomic status of Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium Werner, 1909

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4543 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
PETER GEISSLER ◽  
ALEXANDER KUPFER
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Collection Number

The species Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium was described by Franz Werner (1909) based on a single specimen from the Royal Natural History Cabinet (Königliches Naturalienkabinett) in Stuttgart, collection number 3651. According to the original description the specimen was collected by “Direktor Mayer” in Yokohama, Japan in 1897. Much later Nakamura & Ueno (1963) transferred the species to the Genus Dasia Gray, 1839, without further comments. Recently Uetz et al. (2018) questioned the type locality given by Werner (1909) and suggested that the name Lygosoma dubium is likely to be a synonym of Dasia grisea (Gray, 1845) referring to a personal comment of T. Hikida in 2014. However the actual taxonomic status of the species still remains unresolved. 

The generic allocation of “Hyla” antoniiochoai De la Riva & Chaparro, 2005 (Anura), with description of its advertisement call and ecology

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2304 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI ◽  
EDGAR LEHR
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Brood Pouch ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
Subadult Female ◽  
Epiphytic Bromeliads

The description of the frog “Hyla” antoniiochoai is based on a subadult female and a juvenile collected in 2005 near Esperanza, Kosñipata Valley, Región (formerly Departamento) Cusco, southeastern Peru. The species was assigned to the genus Hyla (Hylidae) but could not be assigned to any species group within this genus. According to the original description, typical characters include the absence of webbing in hands, and vestigial webbing between Toes III and IV. In 2009, we collected additional specimens including adults of both sexes from the type locality. To our surprise these specimens show characters, such as a closed brood pouch, that are typical of Gastrotheca (Hemiphractidae). Furthermore, our analysis of the advertisement call supports its relation with Gastrotheca. Consequently, we assign “Hyla” antoniiochoai to Gastrotheca, compare it with its congeners, and improve the species diagnosis and description. Gastrotheca antoniiochoai lives in epiphytic bromeliads in the cloud forest and montane scrub between 2700 and 3300 m in Manu National Park. The new specimens were found inside bromeliads approximately 6–8 from the ground. It shares with the central Peruvian Gastrotheca zeugocystis, and the Venezuelan G. walkeri and G. williamsonii a lateral, paired brood pouch (instead of the single, dorsomedian pouch found in most Gastrotheca).

Redescription of Neobrachiella spinicephala (Ringuelet, 1945) parasitic on Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829 from Argentina, with the first description of the male

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Etchegoin ◽  
Juan Timi ◽  
Ana Lanfranchi
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Generic Status ◽  
Type Host ◽  
First Time

AbstractNeobrachiella spinicephala (Ringuelet, 1945) (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) is redescribed based on newly collected material from the Brazilian sandperch, Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829, (the type host) from Mar del Plata, Argentina (the type locality). A description of the male is given for the first time. Although some differences were observed between the original description and the specimens examined in this study, these differences do not warrant a change in the taxonomic status of this species. Indeed, the generic status of the species is confirmed, especially based on characteristics of the male.

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