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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FEFFFDCBB7ACE653" bold="true" box="[264,510,558,584]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<typeStatus id="C163F39DFFC54A31FEFFFD44B72CE6A0" box="[264,382,673,699]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
:
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6684, adult male, from the vicinity of Murucusa, Municipio Petit (
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,
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), 550 masl, spurs of Sierra de San Luís, Estado Falcón,
<collectingCountry id="66CF0DAFFFC54A31FB5CFD2CB374E6F8" box="[1195,1318,713,739]" name="Venezuela" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, collected by C. Morón in
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.
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<typeStatus id="C163F39DFFC54A31FECFFCFDB7E8E729" box="[312,442,792,818]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
:
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6500, 6502, adult males;
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6501, 6503, adult females;
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47545, adult males;
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66856, adult males (6685 cleared and stained). All with the same data as the
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.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FECFFC6AB470E7B2" bold="true" box="[312,546,911,937]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Referred material:</emphasis>
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1503 Estado Falcón: Curimagua, distrito Petit.
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<subSubSection id="56C21EB4FFC54A31FECFFC52B55EE03A" pageId="2" pageNumber="57" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FECFFC52B79AE7CA" bold="true" box="[312,456,951,977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Etymology:</emphasis>
The specific name is a patronym for Andrew Neild, lepidopterologist associated with the Natural History Museum of London (
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) in recognition of his productive work in
<collectingCountry id="66CF0DAFFFC54A31FE19FBE2B434E03A" box="[494,614,1031,1057]" name="Venezuela" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7A4930CEFFC54A31FD81FBE2B4ADE03A" author="Neild" box="[630,767,1031,1057]" pageId="2" pageNumber="66" refString="Neild, A. F. E. (1996) The Butterflies of Venezuela. A comprehensive guide to the identification of adult Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, and Pieridae. Part 1: Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae). Meridian Publications, Greenwich. 144 pp., 32 pls., 18 figs, 4 maps." type="book" year="1996">Neild 1996</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FECFFBCBB7E8E053" bold="true" box="[312,442,1070,1096]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A member of the genus
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<taxonomicName id="D9D836BCFFC54A31FD1BFBCAB58FE053" box="[748,989,1071,1096]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Phyllomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="2" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sensu">
Phyllomedusa
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stricto
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(Gonçalves da
<bibRefCitation id="7A4930CEFFC54A31FB06FBCAB714E06B" author="Cruz" pageId="2" pageNumber="66" refString="Goncalves Da Cruz, C. A. (1990) Sobre as relacoes intergenericas de Phyllomedusinae da floresta Atlantica (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Revista Brasilera de Biologia, 50 (3), 709 - 726." type="journal article" year="1990">Cruz 1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7A4930CEFFC54A31FEA5FBB3B41CE06B" author="Faivovich" box="[338,590,1110,1136]" pageId="2" pageNumber="66" refString="Faivovich, J., C. E. B. Haddad, P. Garcia, D. R. Frost, J. A. Campbell, and W. C. Wheeler. (2005) Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 294, 1 - 240." type="journal article" year="2005">
Faivovich
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FE38FBB2B459E06B" box="[463,523,1111,1136]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">et al.</emphasis>
2005
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) and of the
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FD2BFBB2B58BE06B" box="[732,985,1111,1136]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa tarsius</emphasis>
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group (defined below), with the following combination of characters: (1) moderate size (
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males; =
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females); (2): snout of males strongly sloping in lateral profile, rounded to truncate in females; (3) Finger I longer than, and opposable to FII; (4) parotoid glands not apparent; (5) dentigerous processes of vomers present; (6) calcars and dermal appendages absent; (7) palpebral membrane not reticulated; (8) iris golden with black reticulations in life; (9) dorsal coloration green; concealed surfaces of hind limbs pink with white transverse bars or spots.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FECFFA73B49BE1AB" bold="true" box="[312,713,1430,1456]" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Comparison with other species:</emphasis>
Compared with other species in the
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FB73FA72B705E1C3" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa tarsius</emphasis>
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group,
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FE45FA5AB440E1C3" box="[434,530,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. neildi</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FD5CFA5AB57FE1C3" box="[683,813,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. trinitatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FCCBFA5AB5FAE1C3" box="[828,936,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. tarsius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FC16FA5AB205E1C3" box="[993,1111,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. venusta</emphasis>
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, but can be easily distinguished by its significantly smaller size; SVL in
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FC47FA03B29AE1E4" box="[944,1224,1510,1535]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa trinitatis</emphasis>
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(
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) males is from
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(= 76.3); in females is from 90 to 95.5 (=
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) [own data]; SVL in
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(
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) ranges in males from
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(=
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); in females from
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(= 104.0 mm) (
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); SVL in
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FEFFF968B443E2BD" box="[264,529,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa venusta</emphasis>
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ranges in males from
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(=
<quantity id="D920E0DAFFC54A31FBEBF969B2DBE2BD" box="[1052,1161,1676,1702]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.74" pageId="2" pageNumber="57" unit="mm" value="77.4">77.4 mm</quantity>
); the mean in females is
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(
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). On the other hand,
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FEA7F93AB7FDE2E3" box="[336,431,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. neildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the concealed surfaces of the hind limbs coloured with white transverse bars or spots on a pink background (absent or very ill defined in other species).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FEFFF8CBB445E35C" box="[264,535,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">Phyllomedusa venusta</emphasis>
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has long and prominent parotoid glands (absent or not well developed in
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FE5EF8B3B458E374" box="[425,522,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. neildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Males of
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC54A31FD63F8B3B54AE374" box="[660,792,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="57">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a rare species in the upper Amazon of
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and
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, are similar in size to those of
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FCCBFEF9B5F1E52E" box="[828,931,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">P. neildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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Duellman and Mendelson
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), but
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FDCEFEA1B4C8E546" box="[569,666,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">P. neildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs from
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FC99FEA1B5A3E546" box="[878,1009,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in coloration of the flanks and concealed surfaces of hind limbs.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FD13FE89B257E59E" box="[740,1029,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">Phyllomedusa boliviana</emphasis>
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and
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from the south western Amazon Basin lack a golden iris with black reticulation and have conspicuous parotoid glands.
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Description of the
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series:
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FD3CFE06B523E5E7" box="[715,881,483,508]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">Phyllomedusa</emphasis>
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of moderate size (males 55.263.8,
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59.8; females 70.576, 73.2). Head (
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B) longer than wide; top of head flat; snout short, oval in males, rounded in females in dorsal view; sloping in males, and rounded to truncate in females in lateral profile; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region slightly concave; lips thin, not flared; nostrils not protuberant, directed laterally; internarial region flat; eyes protuberant; palpebral membrane transparent; parotoid glands indistinct; supratympanic fold apparent only in females, barely developed; tympanum vertically oval, distinct, except dorsally, hidden by supratympanic fold. Tongue enormous, round or cordiform, ½ to 2/3 free distally; maxillary teeth present; dentigerous processes of vomers small, transverse between choanae, separated by a distance equal to 2/3 of one process; each bearing 26 teeth (usually 46); vocal slits absent; vocal sac single, medial, not distinct.
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Axillary membranes absent; arms slender, forearms moderately robust in males; ulnar fold indistinct; indistint row of protuberances, in some specimens; relative length of fingers I&lt;II&lt;IV&lt;III; finger discs approximately 2/3 of TD; palmar tubercle small, round, flat, indistinct; thenar tubercle oval, protuberant, double size of palmar tubercle; subarticular tubercles round, conical; supernumerary tubercles round, slightly overlapping to conical, variable in number; webbing absent between fingers (
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A).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FEFFF8FEB7D8E328" bold="true" box="[264,394,1819,1843]" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FE66F8FEB439E329" box="[401,619,1819,1842]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC44A30FD85F8FEB49AE328" bold="true" box="[626,712,1819,1843]" pageId="3" pageNumber="58">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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male in life (specimen not collected) from type locality.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC34A37FEFFFBDAB7D8E04C" bold="true" box="[264,394,1087,1111]" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC34A37FE66FBA5B439E04C" box="[401,619,1088,1111]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC34A37FD85FBDAB49AE04C" bold="true" box="[626,712,1087,1111]" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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male from the type locality, from below.
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limbs slender, moderately long, without calcars or other dermal ornaments; anterior edge of tibia with a row of nearly indistinct tubercles, white; interior tarsal fold indistinct; exterior tarsal fold indistinct; relative length of toes II&lt;III&lt;I&lt;V&lt;IV; discs on toes equal to or slightly smaller than discs on fingers; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, flat; outer metatarsal tubercle absent or indistinct; subarticular tubercles round, conical; supernumerary tubercles round, conical; webbing absent between toes (
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B).
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<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC34A37FECFFA90B2DBE21C" blockId="4.[264,1324,1157,1903]" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">
Cloacal opening directed posteroventrally, at upper level of thighs, not ornamented. Skin on dorsal surfaces of head, body and limbs smooth with small white warts scattered irregularly on dorsum, dorsal parts of flanks (
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A) and posterior surfaces of thighs; skin on venter, flanks and ventral surfaces of hind limbs slightly tuberculate.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC34A37FECFF9F1B79AE235" bold="true" box="[312,456,1556,1582]" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">Coloration:</emphasis>
In life, dorsal surfaces of head, body and limbs green (
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); flanks changing from green dorsally to pale brown ventrally through diffuse series of flat white warts; throat and chest greyish brown; belly and ventral surfaces of limbs yellowish brown; irregular white spot, approximately at juncture of each forelimb, in some individuals extending from anterior part of chest to posterior part of throat, bordered or not by smaller white spots; large, round white spots on ventral surface of each thigh proximal to cloaca; (
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); concealed surfaces of hind limbs pink with white bars or spots (
<figureCitation id="86E351BAFFC34A37FB2EF8E0B34AE304" box="[1241,1304,1797,1823]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[264,368,1819,1843]" captionTargetBox="[340,1246,1229,1806]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1248,1229,1806]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Phyllomedusa neildi sp. nov. male in life (specimen not collected) from type locality." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173823/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="59">Fig 1</figureCitation>
); inner surfaces of forearm and Fingers II and III pink with white bars; white line on outer edge of forearm, extending to end of Finger IV, serves to separate the dorsal green coloration of the upper surface of the forearm from ventral gray surfaces; a similar tarsal line, not always well defined. The iris is golden with black reticulations.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC24A36FECFFE89B5F3E5B5" blockId="5.[264,1323,284,710]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">In preservative, the dorsum is pale blue; the venter is gray, and the belly whitish; concealed surfaces of hind limbs change to grayish pink.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC24A36FECFFE5EB20FE5E5" blockId="5.[264,1323,284,710]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FECFFE5EB4D9E5CE" bold="true" box="[312,651,443,469]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
Measurements of
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</emphasis>
: SVL: 60.2; TL: 28.2; FL: 19.9; HeL: 22; HW: 20; ED: 5.7; TD: 3; IOD: 6; UEW: 6; 1FiL: 8.5; 2FiL: 10; FD: 2; 4TD: 2;
<collectingCountry id="66CF0DAFFFC24A36FBFEFE01B269E5E5" box="[1033,1083,484,510]" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">InD</collectingCountry>
: 5.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC24A36FECFFDEEB595E6DD" blockId="5.[264,1323,284,710]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FECFFDEEB7E6E63E" bold="true" box="[312,436,523,549]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Variation:</emphasis>
The pattern on the concealed surfaces of the hind limbs varies from white transverse bars to white spots on a pink background. The subarticular tubercles on the hands and feet are rounded or conical, but they always are protuberant. The shape, number and disposition of the white spots on the chest and ventral surfaces of the thighs also are variable. The variation in measurements is given in
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FEFFFD1EB7D2E708" bold="true" box="[264,384,763,787]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) of the type series of
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FC66FD19B223E708" box="[913,1137,764,787]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FB8AFD1EB28AE708" bold="true" box="[1149,1240,763,787]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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SD (= Standard Deviation).
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</caption>
<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC24A36FE34FCB3B2F7E1F6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<table id="6CD8BF9FFFC2B5CCFEFAFCB3B2B1E1F6" box="[269,1251,854,1517]" gridcols="5" gridrows="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFCB3B2B1E776" box="[269,1251,854,877]" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="60" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FCB3B401E776" box="[451,595,854,877]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Males (n = 6)</th>
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFCB3B276E776" box="[891,1060,854,877]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Females (n = 2)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFC64B2B1E783" box="[269,1251,897,920]" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="60" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FC64B401E783" box="[451,595,897,920]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Range</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FC64B558E783" box="[655,778,897,920]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Mean SD</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFC64B276E783" box="[891,1060,897,920]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Range</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFC64B2B1E783" box="[1128,1251,897,920]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Mean SD</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFC49B2B1E7D8" box="[269,1251,940,963]" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFC49B718E7D8" box="[269,330,940,963]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">SVL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FC49B401E7D8" box="[451,595,940,963]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">55.2­63.8</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FC49B558E7D8" box="[655,778,940,963]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">59.8 3.58</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFC49B276E7D8" box="[891,1060,940,963]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">70.5­76</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFC49B2B1E7D8" box="[1128,1251,940,963]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">73.2 3.89</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFC33B2B1E7F6" box="[269,1251,982,1005]" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFC33B718E7F6" box="[269,330,982,1005]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">TL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FC33B401E7F6" box="[451,595,982,1005]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">26­30</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FC33B558E7F6" box="[655,778,982,1005]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">27.8 1.55</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFC33B276E7F6" box="[891,1060,982,1005]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">32­34</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFC33B2B1E7F6" box="[1128,1251,982,1005]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">33 1.41</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFBE4B2B1E003" box="[269,1251,1025,1048]" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFBE4B718E003" box="[269,330,1025,1048]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">FeL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FBE4B401E003" box="[451,595,1025,1048]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">16.8­20.5</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FBE4B558E003" box="[655,778,1025,1048]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">19.2 1.35</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFBE4B276E003" box="[891,1060,1025,1048]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">22.6­22.8</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFBE4B2B1E003" box="[1128,1251,1025,1048]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">22.7 0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFBC9B2B1E058" box="[269,1251,1068,1091]" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFBC9B718E058" box="[269,330,1068,1091]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">HeL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FBC9B401E058" box="[451,595,1068,1091]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">19­22</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FBC9B558E058" box="[655,778,1068,1091]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">20.7 1.11</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFBC9B276E058" box="[891,1060,1068,1091]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">23.6­24</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFBC9B2B1E058" box="[1128,1251,1068,1091]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">23.8 0.28</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFBB3B2B1E076" box="[269,1251,1110,1133]" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFBB3B718E076" box="[269,330,1110,1133]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">HW</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FBB3B401E076" box="[451,595,1110,1133]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">18.8­20.6</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FBB3B558E076" box="[655,778,1110,1133]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">19.6 0.70</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFBB3B276E076" box="[891,1060,1110,1133]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">24.2­24</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFBB3B2B1E076" box="[1128,1251,1110,1133]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">24.1 0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFB64B2B1E083" box="[269,1251,1153,1176]" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFB64B718E083" box="[269,330,1153,1176]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">ED</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FB64B401E083" box="[451,595,1153,1176]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5­5.9</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FB64B558E083" box="[655,778,1153,1176]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.4 0.43</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFB64B276E083" box="[891,1060,1153,1176]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.9­7.8</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFB64B2B1E083" box="[1128,1251,1153,1176]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">6.8 1.34</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFB49B2B1E0D8" box="[269,1251,1196,1219]" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFB49B718E0D8" box="[269,330,1196,1219]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">TD</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FB49B401E0D8" box="[451,595,1196,1219]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">3­3.4</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FB49B558E0D8" box="[655,778,1196,1219]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">3.1 0.16</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFB49B276E0D8" box="[891,1060,1196,1219]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">3.8­4</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFB49B2B1E0D8" box="[1128,1251,1196,1219]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">3.9 0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFB33B2B1E0F6" box="[269,1251,1238,1261]" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFB33B718E0F6" box="[269,330,1238,1261]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">IOD</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FB33B401E0F6" box="[451,595,1238,1261]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.8­7</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FB33B558E0F6" box="[655,778,1238,1261]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">6.4 0.59</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFB33B276E0F6" box="[891,1060,1238,1261]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">8</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFB33B2B1E0F6" box="[1128,1251,1238,1261]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">8 0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFAE4B2B1E103" box="[269,1251,1281,1304]" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFAE4B718E103" box="[269,330,1281,1304]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">UEW</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FAE4B401E103" box="[451,595,1281,1304]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5­6.1</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FAE4B558E103" box="[655,778,1281,1304]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.6 0.42</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFAE4B276E103" box="[891,1060,1281,1304]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">6­6.2</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFAE4B2B1E103" box="[1128,1251,1281,1304]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">6.1 0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFAC9B2B1E158" box="[269,1251,1324,1347]" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFAC9B718E158" box="[269,330,1324,1347]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">1FiL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FAC9B401E158" box="[451,595,1324,1347]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">6.5­9</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FAC9B558E158" box="[655,778,1324,1347]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">7.6 1.16</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFAC9B276E158" box="[891,1060,1324,1347]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">8.5­10</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFAC9B2B1E158" box="[1128,1251,1324,1347]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">9.2 1.06</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFAB3B2B1E176" box="[269,1251,1366,1389]" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFAB3B718E176" box="[269,330,1366,1389]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">2FiL</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FAB3B401E176" box="[451,595,1366,1389]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">7.2­10.1</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FAB3B558E176" box="[655,778,1366,1389]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">8.9 1.05</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFAB3B276E176" box="[891,1060,1366,1389]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">10.2­11.6</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFAB3B2B1E176" box="[1128,1251,1366,1389]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">10.9 0.99</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFA64B2B1E183" box="[269,1251,1409,1432]" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFA64B718E183" box="[269,330,1409,1432]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">FD</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FA64B401E183" box="[451,595,1409,1432]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">1.8­2</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FA64B558E183" box="[655,778,1409,1432]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">1.9 0.08</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFA64B276E183" box="[891,1060,1409,1432]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">2­2.5</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFA64B2B1E183" box="[1128,1251,1409,1432]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">2.2 0.35</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFA49B2B1E1D8" box="[269,1251,1452,1475]" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFA49B718E1D8" box="[269,330,1452,1475]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">4TD</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FA49B401E1D8" box="[451,595,1452,1475]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">1.3­2</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FA49B558E1D8" box="[655,778,1452,1475]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">1.8 0.27</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFA49B276E1D8" box="[891,1060,1452,1475]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">2­2.2</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFA49B2B1E1D8" box="[1128,1251,1452,1475]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">2.1 0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A0E84F7DFFC2B5CCFEFAFA33B2B1E1F6" box="[269,1251,1494,1517]" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">
<th id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFEFAFA33B718E1F6" box="[269,330,1494,1517]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">InD</th>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFE34FA33B401E1F6" box="[451,595,1494,1517]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">4­5</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFD78FA33B558E1F6" box="[655,778,1494,1517]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">4.6 0.37</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFC8CFA33B276E1F6" box="[891,1060,1494,1517]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.5­5.5</td>
<td id="E3392601FFC2B5CCFB9FFA33B2B1E1F6" box="[1128,1251,1494,1517]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">5.5 0</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FECFF9D4B424E250" bold="true" box="[312,630,1585,1611]" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
In addition to the
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locality, one specimen assigned to
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FEFFF9BCB7A9E269" box="[264,507,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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(MHNLS 1503) comes from Curimagua, distrito Petit, in the Sierra de San Luis. Thus,
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC24A36FE1AF964B418E281" box="[493,586,1665,1690]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="60">P. n e i l d i</emphasis>
is known definitely only from xeric localities on a spur of the Sierra de San Luis, at an elevation of
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.
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The dominant vegetation consists of low trees (to
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) called locally “cujíes”, spiny bushes, and cacti, composing a dry semi­deciduous dwarf forest (bosque muy seco tropical &quot;bms­T&quot; of
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). This species may be endemic to the low, dry lands of the Sierra de San Luis and vicinity, but it also could be more widespread through similar habitats in northwestern
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in the states of Falcón, Lara, Yaracuy and Zulia.
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<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC14A35FECFFEA1B35BE66D" blockId="6.[264,1323,284,630]" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">
Previously, all known species of what is going to be the
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FC29FEA1B28FE546" box="[990,1245,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Phyllomedusa tarsius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (defined below) were reported to occur from lowland rainforest to cloud forest (bmh­T to bmh­P of
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), which are the habitats of
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FC4AFE71B27CE5B6" box="[957,1070,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">P. t a r s i u s</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FB8CFE71B356E5B6" box="[1147,1284,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">P. trinitatis</emphasis>
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in
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, although the latter can be also found in deciduous forest (bs­P).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FB73FE59B733E5E6" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Phyllomedusa venusta</emphasis>
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is known from rainforest in Darién,
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(
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) and northern
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to the middle Magdalena Valley, although it inhabits also some localities with a drier climate in Atlántico and Luriza (John D. Lynch, pers. com.).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FEFFFDB9B448E66E" box="[264,538,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Phyllomedusa coelestis</emphasis>
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occurs in rainforests in the upper Amazon in
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FEFFFAD8B7D8E14E" bold="true" box="[264,394,1341,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FE65FAD8B4DEE14F" box="[402,652,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Phyllomedusa trinitatis</emphasis>
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male, from Guatopo National Park, estado Guárico (specimen not collected).
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FECFFA45B458E1A1" bold="true" box="[312,522,1440,1466]" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Natural History:</emphasis>
At the
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locality, on
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, several egg clutches were observed. These were like those described by
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for
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FC0DFA2DB35EE1FA" box="[1018,1292,1480,1505]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">Phyllomedusa trinitatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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. One clutch was encased on the upper surface of a single leaf, about
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wide. Other nests were encased in two or more leaves. Two nests contained 255 and 282 white eggs, surrounded by transparent jelly capsules. Adult males called from bushes at heights of
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to trees to&gt;
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, around ponds. Amplectant pairs were observed in vegetation at various heights above water, but never in the water, as
<bibRefCitation id="7A4930CEFFC14A35FC78F968B2DDE2BC" box="[911,1167,1677,1703]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66" refString="Langone, J., C. Prigioni and L. Venturino (1985) Informe preliminar sobre el comportamiento reproductor y otros aspectos de la biologia de Phyllomedusa iheringi, Boulenger, 1885 (Anura, Hylidae). Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 152, 1 - 12." type="journal article">
Langone
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FC09F968B26BE2BD" box="[1022,1081,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">et al.</emphasis>
(1985)
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observed for
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FEFFF951B7D0E2D6" box="[264,386,1716,1741]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">P. i h e r i n g i</emphasis>
. The same night, while in some lagoons many adults were in reproductive activity, in other pools only a few males were calling sporadically. Other species of anurans typical of savannas and xeric habitats of northern South
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that were found in the pond where
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC14A35FDF5F8CEB43BE35F" box="[514,617,1835,1860]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="61">P. neildi</emphasis>
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was breeding include
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,
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</emphasis>
complex,
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,
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,
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,
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“xsignatus”, Engystomops pustulosus, Pleurodema brachyops,
</emphasis>
and
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<taxonomicName id="D9D836BCFFC04A34FB71FEF9B7D0E546" class="Amphibia" family="Leptodactylidae" genus="Leptodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insularum">Leptodactylus insularum</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FEFFFBAEB7DEE078" bold="true" box="[264,396,1099,1123]" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FE63FBA9B42EE078" box="[404,636,1100,1123]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">Phyllomedusa tarsius</emphasis>
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from Reserva Forestal de Caparo, estado Barinas (specimen in CVULA).
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<subSubSection id="56C21EB4FFC04A34FECFFB4BB760E36B" pageId="7" pageNumber="62" type="description">
<paragraph id="1E674D3FFFC04A34FECFFB4BB760E36B" blockId="7.[264,1325,1198,1904]" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FECFFB4BB789E0D3" bold="true" box="[312,475,1198,1224]" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">Vocalization:</emphasis>
Three
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of notes can be recognized. In the audiospectrogram (
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), each call corresponds to a different individual, but all were recorded at the same time (21:30h) from a single position (air temperature 22°C). The first (
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A) consist of a single note of 104 ms of length and 707 Hz of dominant frequency (fundamental frequency of 168 Hz). The second (
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B) is a series of eight notes of 871 ms, with a dominant frequency of 736 Hz (fundamental 140 Hz). The third (
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C) was the most common (that night) and consists of two notes, one principal with a duration of 164 ms and a dominant frequency of 843 Hz, (fundamental 252 Hz), and a secondary of 104 ms. The length of the complete sequence is 302 ms.
<bibRefCitation id="7A4930CEFFC04A34FC9DFA0BB2CFE213" author="Rivero" box="[874,1181,1518,1544]" pageId="7" pageNumber="67" refString="Rivero, J. A. and A. E., Esteves. (1969) Observations on the agonistic and breeding behavior of Leptodactylus pentadactylus and other amphibian species in Venezuela. Breviora, 321, 1 - 14." type="journal article" year="1969">Rivero &amp; Esteves (1969)</bibRefCitation>
showed an audioespectrogram of the call of
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FD67F9F2B5F6E22B" box="[656,932,1559,1584]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">Phyllomedusa trinitatis</emphasis>
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, but they did not described it. In their spectrogram, there is a principal note, followed by five secondary notes; as can be extrapolated, the dominant frequency is approximately at 800 Hz, while the fundamental is at 500 Hz; the duration of the sequence is of 1.1 sec.
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FC71F96AB225E2B3" box="[902,1143,1679,1704]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">Phyllomedusa neildi</emphasis>
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can emit up to fifteen consecutive secondary notes.
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described a distress call for
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FB5EF952B378E2CB" box="[1193,1322,1719,1744]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">P. trinitatis</emphasis>
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that was not heard in
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FDF1F93AB438E2E3" box="[518,618,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">P. n e i l d i.</emphasis>
Calls of the
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<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FCF1F93AB256E2E3" box="[774,1028,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">Phyllomedusa tarsius</emphasis>
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group species have been never well analyzed. We cannot conclude any important difference among them. The call of
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FED0F8CAB7DCE353" box="[295,398,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">P. c a m b a</emphasis>
(out of the
<emphasis id="2CAC912DFFC04A34FDEFF8CAB4D3E353" box="[536,641,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="62">P. t a r s i u s</emphasis>
group in this paper) has also a dominant frequency of 860 Hz.
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