A new nurse frog (Anura: Allobates ) from Brazilian Amazonia with a remarkably fast multi-noted advertisement call

Nurse frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates ) are probably the most extensively studied genus by taxonomists in Brazilian Amazonia. The southwestern portion of Amazonia is the most species-rich: as many as seven species may occur in sympatry at a single locality. In this study, we describe a new species of...

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Published in:PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2020-11, Vol.8, p.e9979-e9979, Article e9979
Main Authors: Souza, Jesus R.D., Ferrão, Miquéias, Hanken, James, Lima, Albertina P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Advertisement call
Algorithms
Allobates
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Cytochrome
Genes
Integrative taxonomy
Males
Morphology
New species
Nucleotide sequence
Papillae
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Pulsed notes
Roads & highways
State of Acre
Sympatry
Taxonomy
Zoology
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Summary:Nurse frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates ) are probably the most extensively studied genus by taxonomists in Brazilian Amazonia. The southwestern portion of Amazonia is the most species-rich: as many as seven species may occur in sympatry at a single locality. In this study, we describe a new species of nurse frog from this region. The description integrates data from larval and adult morphology, advertisement calls and DNA sequences. Allobates velocicantus sp. nov. is distinguished from other Allobates mainly by the absence of hourglass-shaped dark marks on the dorsum and dark transverse bars on the thigh; a throat that is white centrally and yellow marginally; basal webbing on toes II and III; finger I longer than finger II; and an advertisement call composed of 66–138 pulsed notes with a note duration of 5–13 ms, inter-note intervals of 10–18 ms and a dominant frequency of 5,512–6,158 Hz. Tadpoles of the new species have 3–4 short, rounded papillae on the anterior labium, 16–23 papillae on the posterior labium, and a labial keratodont row formula 2(2)/3(1). This is the fifth species of Allobates described from the state of Acre, southwestern Brazilian Amazonia.
ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.9979