title: The recognition of Dendropsophus minusculus (Rivero, 1971) (Hylidae, Dendropsophini) as a highly polymorphic, multi-domain distributed species.
abstract: Herein we present new occurrences of sites of Dendropsophus minusculus in Brazil adding information about reproductive biology and colour patterns of the species. Such information is fundamental for characterising the species that we believe has been neglected due to its morphological similarity with other congeneric species. Dendropsophus minusculus may be found in different morphoclimatic domains, being one of the most generalist species of the genus in this aspect. The species plasticity is not restricted to its occurrence, but also related to aspects of its reproductive biology, and we hypothesised that the latter feature could explain the wide geographical range of the species. We highlight the importance of further in-depth studies and the use of D. minusculus as a model to understand the historical events responsible for the current geographical distribution of the morphoclimatic domains in Brazil.
authors: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB, Jequié, BA, Brazil.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Zina
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI, Parnaíba, PI, Brazil.
authors: G R
authors: GR
authors: Silva
authors: Laboratório de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Loebmann
authors: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
authors: V G D
authors: VG
authors: Orrico
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem