title: Morphometric and bioacoustic data on three species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) described from Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with the revalidation of Pseudopaludicola ameghini (Cope, 1887).
abstract: Due to minute size, overall morphological similarities, scarcity of diagnostic characters after preservation, and usual sympatric or even syntopic occurrence of two or more species of Pseudopaludicola, the taxonomy of the genus is not yet a matter of consensus. Three species in the genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 were described by Cope in 1887, based on material obtained at Chapada dos Guimarães, mid-western state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. One of these species, Pseudopaludicola ameghini, was subsequently synonymized to P. mystacalis. In this paper we present morphological and bioacoustic evidences supporting a full specific status for the three sympatric species of Pseudopaludicola described from Chapada dos Guimarães, including Pseudopaludicola ameghini Cope, 1887.
authors.affiliation: Pós-Graduação en Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pansonato
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strüssmann
authors.forename: Jessica Rhaiza
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mudrek
authors.forename: Itamar Alves
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014828:Vocalization, Animal