A new species of from the Purus-Madeira interfluve, Brazilian Amazonia (Anura, Hylidae).

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Coordenação de Biodiversidade - CBIO, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69060-001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Published: October 2017

A new tree frog species of the genus from the interfluve between the Purus and Madeira rivers, Brazilian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. The new species is diagnosed by medium body size, snout truncate in dorsal view, ulnar and tarsal tubercles absent, nuptial pads poorly developed, skin on dorsum shagreen, dorsum light brown with dark brown spots and markings, white groin with black spots, anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs black, and iris bright orange. The advertisement call consists of a single short note, with 16-18 pulses and dominant frequency at 1572-1594 Hz. Tadpoles are characterized by body ovoid in dorsal view and triangular in lateral view, tail higher than body, oral disc located anteroventrally and laterally emarginated, dorsum of body uniformly grey-brown with dark brown eye-snout stripe in preservative, fins translucent with small to large irregular diffuse dark brown spots.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674089PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.14691DOI Listing

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