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Taxonomic status and redescription of Flectonotus ulei (Anura: Hemiphractidae), with a key for species of Fritziana
Folly, Manuella Hepp, Fabio Carvalho-e-Silva, Sergio P. Duellman, William E.
Folly, Manuella
Hepp, Fabio
Carvalho-e-Silva, Sergio P.
Duellman, William E.
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Based on preserved specimens from the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Flectonotus ulei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 is resurrected from its synonymy with Flectonotus fissilis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) and is redescribed. Analysis of osteological characters and brood pouch structure confirms that F. ulei belongs to Fritziana. The species is small for the genus (snout-vent length in males, 19.2-26.9 mm, n = 2; in females, 20.3-21 mm, n = 4) and was found in bromeliads. Flectonotus ulei is characterized by dorsal pattern consisting of interorbital pentagon or hexagon-shaped mark delimited by heavy dark line, diameter of tympanum smaller than that of disc of third digit, and a brood pouch covering the eggs dorsally except for a narrow longitudinal slit; eggs arranged in rosette.
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2014-08
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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Amphibia, Atlantic rain forest, Bromeliad breeder, Hemiphractidae, Southeasten brazil, Taxonomy
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Folly, Manuella, Hepp, Fabio, Carvalho-e-Silva, Sergio P., & Duellman, William E.. (2014). Taxonomic status and redescription of Flectonotus ulei (Anura: Hemiphractidae), with a key for the species of Fritziana. Zoologia (Curitiba), 31(4), 393-399. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702014000400011