Two new species of brachycephalus (anura: brachycephalidae) from the atlantic forest in parana´ state, southern brazil

Herpetologica, 62(2), 2006, 221–233 Ó 2006 by The Herpetologists’ League, Inc.

TWO NEW SPECIES OF BRACHYCEPHALUS (ANURA: BRACHYCEPHALIDAE) FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST ´ IN PARANA STATE, SOUTHERN BRAZIL
´ ANA C. R. ALVES1, LUIZ F. RIBEIRO2,3,4, CELIO F. B. HADDAD1,
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ˆncias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biocie Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil 2 ´, Universidade Tuiuti do Parana Rua Marcelino Champagnat, 505, 80710-250, Curitiba, PR, Brazil 3 Mater Natura, Instituto de Estudos Ambientais, Rua Desembargador Westphalen, 15–168 andar, 80010-110, Curitiba, PR, Brazil 4 ´s-Graduaca em Gene ´tica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Programa de Po ¸ ˜o Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil 5 Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil ABSTRACT: Two new species of brachycephalid frogs are described from Pico Marumbi, municipality of ´ Morretes, and Pico da Igreja, municipality of Guaratuba, Parana State, southern Brazil. The new species share the following attributes: body bufoniform; skin on top of the head, and central part of the back body smooth with no dermal co-ossification; outer metatarsal tubercle distinct; dermal roofing bones of skull unornamented; all paired cranial bones distinct and not fused; quadratojugals, and maxillary odontoids present. The new species from Pico Marumbi is characterized by male SVL 5 11.6–12.5 and female SVL 5 13.0–14.5 mm; and general color orange with dorsal reddish-brown irregular markings, lateral surfaces with small dark brown spots, and belly with brownish spots and small dots. The new species from Pico da Igreja is characterized by male SVL 5 12.6–13.9 and female SVL 5 14.6–15.3 mm; and general color orange, lateral surfaces with small dark brown spots, and belly with brownish