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Occurrence of the genus Chiasmocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) in the State of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil, with a description of a new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

C. A. G. Cruz ,
U. Caramaschi  and
E. M. X. Freire
C. A. G. Cruz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23851-970 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
U. Caramaschi
Affiliation:
Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
E. M. X. Freire
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia and Museu de História Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57021-090 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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Abstract

The range of the genus Chiasmocleis found in the south-eastern and southern parts of the Atlantic rainforest of eastern Brazil, is expanded to the north-eastern region. Chiasmocleis alagoanus sp. nov. is described from two localities in the State of Alagoas. It is characterized by: medium size (snout–vent length 25.5–27.8 mm in females, 22.7–23.4 mm in males); snout short, tip truncate in dorsal and rounded in lateral profile; hand and foot not webbed; fingers and toes without lateral dermal spines; dorsal and ventral surfaces of body and limbs smooth, without dermal spines; colour on dorsum uniformly dark brown; venter roughly marbled in dark brown and pale cream.

Keywords

AnuraMicrohylidaeChiasmocleisChiasmocleis alagoanus sp. nov.north-eastern Brazil
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Research Article
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Journal of Zoology , Volume 249 , Issue 1 , September 1999 , pp. 123 - 126
Copyright
1999 The Zoological Society of London

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