title: A new and possibly critically endangered species of casque-headed tree frog Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil.
abstract: A new species of casque-headed tree frog of the genus Aparasphenodon is described from the municipality of Cataguases (21°20'S, 42°45'W; 288 m a.s.l.) in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Aparasphenodon pomba sp. nov. is characterized by medium size (males, snout-vent length, SVL 51.6-60.5 mm; females, SVL 58.7-62.1 mm); snout almost round in dorsal view; dorsum and limbs with cream-colored reticulation on dark-brown background; spots on ventral surface cream-colored; lips white; cream-colored dorsolateral stripe originating on the snout, crossing the upper eyelid and extending posteriorly to the axilla level; and red iris.
authors.affiliation: Associação Regional de Proteção Ambiental (ARPA-Zona da Mata), Praça Manuel Inácio Peixoto, 96, Centro, CEP 36773-084, Cataguases, MG Brasil. clodoassis@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Clodoaldo Lopes
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: De Assis
authors.forename: Diego José
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Fabiano Aguiar
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Fernando Marques
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Quintela
authors.forename: Renato Neves
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Feio
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D001938:Brazil; D056727:Endangered Species; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity