We describe a new species of the South American frog genus Adenomera, based on external morphology, color patterns, advertisement call, and mtDNA sequences. The new species was collected from the Japurá River basin in northwestern Brazilian Amazonia and is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of large snout–vent length (SVL), toe tips unexpanded, presence of antebrachial tubercle on underside of forearm, and by a multi-note advertisement call composed of non-pulsed notes. This new species is part of the A. lutzi clade together with a candidate new species known as Adenomera sp. P and A. lutzi. The three species have the largest SVL in the genus. The presence of toe tips fully expanded and a single-note advertisement call distinguish A. lutzi from the new species. Acoustic and morphological data are still required to assess the taxonomic identity of Adenomera sp. P. Our new species of Adenomera is the third anuran species described from the Solimões-Japurá interfluve. This flags this poorly known region of lowland forests as an important area of species richness in northwestern Amazonia.
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December 23 2020
A New Forest-Dwelling Frog Species of the Genus Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) from Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia
Thiago R. de Carvalho;
Thiago R. de Carvalho
1Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: (TRC) thiago_decarvalho@yahoo.com.br; and (CFBH) haddad1000@gmail.com. Send reprint requests to TRC.
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Pedro I. Simões;
Pedro I. Simões
2Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Email: (GGU) giussepegagliardi@yahoo.com; (FJMRR) rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com; and (SCF) castroviejo.fisher@gmail.com.
3Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Email: anfíbios.ufpe@gmail.com.
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Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia;
Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia
2Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Email: (GGU) giussepegagliardi@yahoo.com; (FJMRR) rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com; and (SCF) castroviejo.fisher@gmail.com.
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Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic;
Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic
2Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Email: (GGU) giussepegagliardi@yahoo.com; (FJMRR) rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com; and (SCF) castroviejo.fisher@gmail.com.
4Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Venezuela.
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Célio F. B. Haddad;
Célio F. B. Haddad
1Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: (TRC) thiago_decarvalho@yahoo.com.br; and (CFBH) haddad1000@gmail.com. Send reprint requests to TRC.
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Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher
Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher
2Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Email: (GGU) giussepegagliardi@yahoo.com; (FJMRR) rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com; and (SCF) castroviejo.fisher@gmail.com.
5Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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Copeia (2020) 108 (4): 924–937.
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Received:
November 10 2019
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June 01 2020
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Thiago R. de Carvalho, Pedro I. Simões, Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Célio F. B. Haddad, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher; A New Forest-Dwelling Frog Species of the Genus Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) from Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. Copeia 1 December 2020; 108 (4): 924–937. doi: https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-19-329
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