A new species of Crossodactylodes from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae)

Santos, Marcus Thadeu Teixeira [UNESP]; Pinheiro, Paulo Durães Pereira; Garcia, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta; Griffiths, Richard A.; Haddad, Célio Fernando Baptista [UNESP]; Barata, Izabela Menezes

A new species of Crossodactylodes from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae)

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Data

2023-06-28

Autores

Santos, Marcus Thadeu Teixeira

Pinheiro, Paulo Durães Pereira

Garcia, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta

Griffiths, Richard A.

Haddad, Célio Fernando Baptista

Barata, Izabela Menezes

Editor

Herpetologists League

Tipo

Artigo

Direito de acesso

Acesso aberto

Resumo

The bromeligenous genus Crossodactylodes, endemic to the Atlantic Forest domain and the “campo rupestre” ecosystem in Brazil, currently comprises five named species. Three additional putatively new species have already been proposed in a recent study based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Here we employ phenotypic data to corroborate the distinctiveness of one of these lineages, and describe it as a new species, from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in the municipality of Itamarandiba, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. We also provide information on its natural history and conservation status. The new species is diagnosable from its congeners by a combination of characters, including the presence of vocal slits in adult males, the orange coloration of discs on fingers and toes, and the presence of vomerine odontophores. The new species is the second Crossodactylodes to be reported for the “campo rupestre” and it was only recorded in a small forest patch composed of low trees, shrubs, mosses, lichens, and a high density of bromeliads.