A new species of the Scinax catharinae group (Anura: Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil.
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.
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.
Ana Carolina C
AC
Lourenço
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.
Juliana
J
Zina
Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.
Gaucilene F
GF
Catroli
Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.
Sanae
S
Kasahara
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.
Julian
J
Faivovich
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.
Célio F B
CF
Haddad
D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014828:Vocalization, Animal