An acoustic and morphometric evaluation of the geographic distribution of Phyllomedusa burmeisteri (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with comments on P. bahiana

Authors

  • Felipe Silva de Andrade Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal, Laboratório de Taxonomia e Sistemática de Anuros Neotropicais Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal
  • Isabelle Aquemi Haga Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal, Laboratório de Taxonomia e Sistemática de Anuros Neotropicais
  • Thiago Ribeiro de Carvalho Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura, Laboratório de Herpetologia
  • Lucas Borges Martins Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal, Laboratório de Taxonomia e Sistemática de Anuros Neotropicais
  • Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal, Laboratório de Taxonomia e Sistemática de Anuros Neotropicais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i1p39-59

Keywords:

amphibians, bioacoustics, Leaf Frogs, taxonomy.

Abstract

An acoustic and morphometric evaluation of the geographic distribution of Phyllomedusa burmeisteri (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with comments on P. bahiana. A recent study, based on phylogenetic and phylogeographic multilocus approaches, detected two evolutionary units (BUR and BUR-RJ) within the range of P. burmeisteri. BUR has a wide distribution, whereas BUR-RJ is restricted to a small area coincident with the Serra do Mar mountain range in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. We evaluate if acoustic and morphometric data support these two major clades within P. burmeisteri that were proposed using molecular evidence. We also provide for the frst time detailed morphometric data for adult males of P. burmeisteri (including topotypes) and the holotype of P. bahiana, and we revisit the comparative acoustic diagnosis between P. burmeisteri and P. bahiana. We were unable to distinguish BUR and BUR-RJ evolutionary units based on morphometric, acoustic or any other feature of external morphology or coloration. Given the high levels of similarity in morphometric and acoustic traits between P. burmeisteri and P. bahiana, these features appear not to be informative in the differentiation of the two sister species.

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Published

2018-06-26

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Andrade, F. S. de, Haga, I. A., Carvalho, T. R. de, Martins, L. B., & Giaretta, A. A. (2018). An acoustic and morphometric evaluation of the geographic distribution of Phyllomedusa burmeisteri (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with comments on P. bahiana. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 17(1), 39-59. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i1p39-59