A new species of the Scinax catharinae group (Anura: Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil.

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Abstract

We describe a new species of the Scinax catharinae group from coastal forest in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. We also describe the karyotype and the advertisement call of the new species, which is composed by a multipulsed note. The chromosome morphology of the new species shows the nucleolar organizer region (NOR) on Pair 6, a putative synapomorphy previously inferred for the S. catharinae clade. We report, for the first time, the presence of mental glands in a species of the genus Scinax. Additionally, we provide a brief discussion about the occurrence of glandular tissue on the mental and inguinal regions of the species of the S. catharinae clade.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zootaxa

Title: Zootaxa

ISSN (Electronic): 1175-5334

ISSN (Print): 1175-5326

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 23 2016

Volume: 4154

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Email: carolcalijorne@gmail.com.

[2 ] Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Rua José Moreira Sobrinho, s/n, Jequiezinho, 45206-190 Jequié, BA, Brazil; Email: unknown.

[3 ] Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.

[4 ] División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia'-CONICET, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Email: unknown.

[5 ] Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.

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Publisher Item ID: zootaxa.4154.4.3

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.3

PubMed ID: 27615849

SO-VID: 1dad5139-4e96-41de-907a-1e193cb77acd

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