DNA barcode reveals candidate species of Scinax and Ololygon (Anura: Hylidae) in Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2022 Molecular species delimitation methods are efficient tools to identify species, including the discovery of new taxa and cryptic organisms, thus being useful to biodiversity studies.
Lídia Nogueira +5 more
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Using molecular taxonomy to identify Scinax (Anura: Hylidae): New distribution records and implications for Neotropical biodiversity [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular BiologyTraditional morphological identification is challenging in large and diverse groups, such as the genus Scinax, which comprises about 78 species, and molecular taxonomy emerges as an efficient tool for species delimitation.
Lidia Nogueira +4 more
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Identification of the taxonomic status of Scinax nebulosus and Scinax constrictus (Scinaxinae, Anura) based on molecular markers [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2020 The validation of many anuran species is based on a strictly descriptive, morphological analysis of a small number of specimens with a limited geographic distribution.
T. M. B. Freitas +4 more
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First record of Scinax tripui Lourenço, Nascimento and Pires, 2010 (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Espírito Santo state, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2013 Scinax tripui is a medium sized frog that belongs to the Scinax catharinae clade. We provide a new record of Scinax tripui from Serra de Torres, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil.
Guilherme Silva +3 more
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A neotype for Hyla x-signata Spix, 1824 (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020 The uncertain identity of Hyla x-signata Spix, 1824 has been a pervasive problem in the taxonomy of the genus Scinax. A species supposedly distributed from northeastern Brazil northwards to Colombia and Venezuela, described in a few lines without much ...
Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira +5 more
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Anurans in bromeliads, Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 This study presents a list of anurans associated to bromeliads in Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro,state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It also brings information regarding the type of association between theseanurans and plants. We recorded
Lacerda, J. V. A. +3 more
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New and noteworthy distributional records of treefrogs (Anura) from southwestern Amazonia [PDF]
Check List, 2015 We reviewed the herpetological collection of Universidade Federal do Acre and provide here a detailed list of information about new distributional records.
Paulo Melo-Sampaio, Moisés de Souza
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Advertisement calls and DNA sequences reveal a new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) on the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Scinax is a speciose genus of Neotropical hylid frogs. We describe a new species from western Ecuador (elevations between 0 and 1207 m) using morphology, vocalizations, and DNA sequences.
Santiago R Ron +3 more
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Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2023 We describe a new species of tree frog from the middle Ucayali River, Peru. Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. is known from two males found in a patch of Amazon rainforest at 160 masl.
Germán Chávez +3 more
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New records of the Near Threatened species Ololygon trapicheiroi(Anura: Hylidae)
Caldasia, 2019 Ololygon trapicheiroi is a small tree frog of the Ololygon catharinae group which inhabits mountainous areas in the Atlantic Rainforest region of Southeastern Brazil.
Henrique Folly +2 more
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