title: A new species ofPhyllodytesWagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil.
abstract: We describe a new species of Phyllodytes from Ilhéus (15º04'S, 39º03'W; 95 m above sea level), south of state of Bahia, in the northeastern Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Phyllodytes megatympanum sp. nov. is diagnosable by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsum of body, arms, and legs uniformly light brown; (2) groin yellow; (3) snout pointed in dorsal view, protruding in profile; (4) tympanum large with a round distinct tympanic annulus; (5) adult males with two anterior large odontoids followed by a series of smaller odontoids on each side of the mandible; (6) well-developed tubercle near tibio-tarsal joint; (7) advertisement call composed of a series of 12 to 19 unpulsed notes, with harmonic structure and (8) mean dominant frequency of 3.98 kHz.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Zoology, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, ZIPCODE: 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. euvaldo.marciano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Euvaldo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marciano
authors.forename: Amanda Santiago F
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lantyer-Silva
authors.forename: Mirco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001938:Brazil; D065928:Forests; D008297:Male; D014828:Vocalization, Animal
keywords: Amphibia, Diversity, Morphometrics, Bioacoustics, Phytothelm