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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8BFF86FF5AFD5AFE5A4D96" bold="true" box="[151,476,680,706]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
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8487, adult male, collected at the Santa Rita forest (
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above sea level), Serra do Timbó mountain, Municipality of Amargosa, State of Bahia,
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, by M.F. Napoli, C.A.G. Cruz, and P.M. Fonseca.
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7314, adult male, collected on
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, by P.M. Fonseca and R.O. Abreu;
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8003, adult male, collected on
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, by M.F. Napoli, P.M. Fonseca, and C.A.G. Cruz;
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8488 and
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6235462357 (ex-UFBA 84858486, 8489 [cleared and stained], and 8490, respectively), adult males, collected with the
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6235862360 (ex-UFBA 95259527, respectively), juveniles, collected on
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, by M.P.D. Santos.
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8BFF86FF5AF8B1FE9F480F" bold="true" box="[151,281,1859,1883]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of holotype, UFBA 8487, adult male, SVL 39.9 mm. Photo Rafael O. Abreu.
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8BFF86FF08F842FECD489E" bold="true" box="[197,331,1968,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A broad and elongate zygomatic ramus of the squamosal in sutural contact with maxilla assigns the new species to the genus
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. It is associated to the
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8BFF86FBF5F825FA8348A4" box="[1080,1285,2007,2032]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
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complex by combining a single and long uni-cuspidate palpebral appendage with a triangular rostral appendage.
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is diagnosed from other species of the
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complex by the following combination of traits: (1) medium size (adult males SVL
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); (2) rostral appendage longer than upper lip width; (3) snout rounded from above, obtuse in profile; (4) eye small, 19% of head length; (5) head wider than long; (6) presence of preocular crest; (7) frontoparietal crest poorly developed; (8) gular region blackish brown or black; (9) ventral surfaces predominantly cream, scattered with dark brown dots mainly on chest and in smaller extent on belly; and (10) advertisement call consisting of a single note with 31 to 94 pulses, pulse rate of 102.3 to 142.4 pulses/s, call duration of 0.2 to
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s, peaks of dominant frequency from 0.95 to 1.29 kHz, and call note with a bowling pin-shaped or bottle-shaped waveform.
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FF08FE15FCBE4D55" bold="true" box="[197,824,487,513]" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">Comparisons with other species (only with males)</emphasis>
.
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is promptly diagnosed from all species of the
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE61FDFFFDBB4D72" box="[428,573,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. cristiceps</emphasis>
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group (
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD51FDFFFC154D72" box="[668,915,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. concavitympanum</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC6EFDFFFBB24D72" box="[931,1076,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. cristiceps</emphasis>
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,
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, and
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),
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group (
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FEBEFDC0FE734D1F" box="[371,501,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. avelinoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FDCBFDC0FD184D1F" box="[518,670,562,587]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bigibbosa">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FDCBFDC0FD184D1F" box="[518,670,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. bigibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FD63FDC0FCA64D1F" box="[686,800,562,587]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brauni">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD63FDC0FCA64D1F" box="[686,800,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. brauni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FCA8FDC0FC764D1F" box="[869,1008,562,587]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="palustris">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FCA8FDC0FC764D1F" box="[869,1008,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. palustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and also from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB73FDC0FAB94D1F" box="[1214,1343,562,587]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schirchi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB73FDC0FAB94D1F" box="[1214,1343,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. schirchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the presence of a single large palpebral appendage (absent in those species), and from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB4AFDAAFA9E4D25" box="[1159,1304,600,625]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondonae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB4AFDAAFA9E4D25" box="[1159,1304,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. rondonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an unicuspidate palpebral appendage (multi-cuspidate in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FD21FD8FFCF14DC2" box="[748,887,637,662]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondonae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD21FD8FFCF14DC2" box="[748,887,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. rondonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). From all species of the
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB6EFD8FFA1A4DC2" box="[1187,1436,637,662]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boiei">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB6EFD8FFA1A4DC2" box="[1187,1436,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">Proceratophrys boiei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FEC1FD50FEE74DEF" box="[268,353,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. b o i e i</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FEBFFD50FE624DEF" box="[370,484,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. p a v i o t i i</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FDE5FD50FD144DEF" box="[552,658,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. re n a l i s</emphasis>
), and also from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC98FD50FC674DEF" box="[853,993,674,699]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondonae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC98FD50FC674DEF" box="[853,993,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. rondonae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species is prompt diagnosed by the presence of a rostral appendage (absent in those species). In the
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC16FD3AFB264DB5" box="[987,1184,712,737]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC16FD3AFB264DB5" box="[987,1184,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex, the rostral appendage longer than the upper lip width approximates
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC0BFD1FFBF34C52" box="[966,1141,749,774]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC0BFD1FFBF34C52" box="[966,1141,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB6DFD1FFAF24C52" box="[1184,1396,749,774]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB6DFD1FFAF24C52" box="[1184,1396,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FA48FD1FFEBB4C7F" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FA48FD1FFEBB4C7F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE80FCE0FD8B4C7F" box="[333,525,786,811]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phyllostomus">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE80FCE0FD8B4C7F" box="[333,525,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. phyllostomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FDD3FCE0FD384C7F" box="[542,702,786,811]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subguttata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FDD3FCE0FD384C7F" box="[542,702,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. subguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FCC9FCE0FC234C7F" box="[772,933,786,811]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tupinamba">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FCC9FCE0FC234C7F" box="[772,933,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. tupinamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and diagnoses it from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB07FCE0FACF4C7F" box="[1226,1353,786,811]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB07FCE0FACF4C7F" box="[1226,1353,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FA4BFCE0FE954C05" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FA4BFCE0FE954C05" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which the rostral appendage is vestigial and shorter than upper lip width. The presence of a preocular crest approximates
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE23FCAFFD094C22" box="[494,655,861,886]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE23FCAFFD094C22" box="[494,655,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FD7EFCAFFCF14C22" box="[691,887,861,886]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD7EFCAFFCF14C22" box="[691,887,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC49FCAFFB9F4C22" box="[900,1049,861,886]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC49FCAFFB9F4C22" box="[900,1049,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB95FCAFFB774C22" box="[1112,1265,861,886]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tupinamba">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB95FCAFFB774C22" box="[1112,1265,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. tupinamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and promptly diagnoses it from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FEA1FC70FE604CCF" box="[364,486,898,923]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FEA1FC70FE604CCF" box="[364,486,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE38FC70FD354CCF" box="[501,691,898,923]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE38FC70FD354CCF" box="[501,691,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FD0EFC70FCFA4CCF" box="[707,892,898,923]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phyllostomus">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD0EFC70FCFA4CCF" box="[707,892,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. phyllostomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC73FC70FBDE4CCF" box="[958,1112,898,923]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subguttata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC73FC70FBDE4CCF" box="[958,1112,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. subguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which such character is absent. Frontoparietal crests are poorly developed in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FCC3FC5AFC364C95" box="[782,944,936,961]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FCC3FC5AFC364C95" box="[782,944,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and well developed in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FB03FC5AFA134C95" box="[1230,1429,936,961]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB03FC5AFA134C95" box="[1230,1429,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The narrower head and smaller eyes diagnose
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FD11FC3FFC0E4CB2" box="[732,904,973,998]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD11FC3FFC0E4CB2" box="[732,904,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(HL 80% of HW, ED 19% of HL) from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FA4BFC3FFE924B5F" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tupinamba">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FA4BFC3FFE924B5F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. tupinamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(HL 87% of HW, ED 23% of HL). Adult males of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FCA5FC00FB8E4B5F" box="[872,1032,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are in some extent similar in body size (SVL
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) to adult males of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FD52FBEAFCDA4B65" box="[671,860,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
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),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FBBDFBEAFA8F4B65" box="[1136,1289,1048,1073]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subguttata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FBBDFBEAFA8F4B65" box="[1136,1289,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. subguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
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), and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE80FBCFFD924B02" box="[333,532,1085,1110]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE80FBCFFD924B02" box="[333,532,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
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), and shorter than
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC39FBCFFBE84B02" box="[1012,1134,1085,1110]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC39FBCFFBE84B02" box="[1012,1134,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL 59.578.0 mm),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FA4BFBCFFE974B28" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FA4BFBCFFE974B28" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
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),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FDE7FB91FD634B28" box="[554,741,1123,1148]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phyllostomus">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FDE7FB91FD634B28" box="[554,741,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. phyllostomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
<quantity id="BA6E04D4FF8AFF87FCFAFB90FC204B28" box="[823,934,1122,1148]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.54" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" unit="mm" value="55.4">55.4 mm</quantity>
), and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FC23FB91FB0D4B28" box="[1006,1163,1123,1148]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tupinamba">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FC23FB91FB0D4B28" box="[1006,1163,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. tupinamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SVL
<quantity id="BA6E04D4FF8AFF87FB10FB90FA164B28" box="[1245,1424,1122,1148]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.8" metricValueMax="6.34" metricValueMin="5.26" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" unit="mm" value="58.0" valueMax="63.4" valueMin="52.6">52.663.4 mm</quantity>
). Ventral surfaces of
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE49FB7AFDAD4BF5" box="[388,555,1160,1185]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE49FB7AFDAD4BF5" box="[388,555,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are predominantly cream and scattered with dark brown dots mainly on chest and, in smaller extent, on belly; belly with few irregular large dark brown markings near the chest, somewhat anastomosed, in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE2DFB21FD264BB8" box="[480,672,1235,1260]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE2DFB21FD264BB8" box="[480,672,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; ventral surfaces predominantly black with few tan blotches on belly and legs in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8AFF87FE92FB0AFD904A45" box="[351,534,1272,1297]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phyllostomus">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FE92FB0AFD904A45" box="[351,534,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. phyllostomus</emphasis>
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; belly cream with large rounded dark brown markings in
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8AFF87FB76FB0AFAD24A45" box="[1211,1364,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">P. subguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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Description of
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.
</emphasis>
Head wider than long, head length 79% of head width; snout nearly round (almost triangular) in dorsal view, obtuse in profile; rostral appendage larger than the upper lip width; nares elliptical, slightly prominent, internarial distance 71% of eye to nostril distance; canthal crests well marked and prominent; preocular crests distinct; loreal region concave; distinct row, almost a crest, of spatulated warts from posterior corner of eye to angle of jaw; long tubercles at angle of jaw; eye directed anterolateraly, small, 19% of head length; unique and long palpebral appendage; tympanum not clearly defined, situated in a depression dorsolateraly behind the eye, its diameter 63% of eye diameter, and equals to the distance from it to posterior corner of eye; distinct rows of warts transversally on head, joining the edge of upper eyelid appendage, and extending as symmetrical and sinuous from upper eyelid appendage up to join above sacrum; oblique rows of warts on sides of body; vocal sac not expanded externally; tongue cordiform, free posteriorly; choanae large, well separated one from other; vomerine teeth in two short transverse series lying between choanae; vocal slits large; frontoparietal crest poorly developed; arms moderately robust, forearm robust, dorsal surface of arms with four to five rows of enlarged warts; external margin of ventral surface of forearm with a row of warts extending on external margin of finger IV; upper arm enclosed by the patagium; hand robust, finger lengths IV = II &lt;I &lt;III; nuptial asperities absent; interdigital webbing absent; inner metacarpal tubercle large, elliptical; outer metacarpal tubercle divided in two oval parts; numerous small rounded supernumerary tubercles; subarticular tubercles large, rounded; legs moderately robust, thigh length longer than tibia length, the sum of thigh and tibia lengths 82% of snoutvent length; dorsal surface of tibia with four to five oblique parallel rows of enlarged warts; edges of ventral surface of tarsus with rows of warts extending on external edges of toes I and V; foot length 58% of snoutvent length; toe lengths I &lt;II &lt;V &lt;III &lt;IV; webbing formula I 1
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II 1
<date id="09288FF1FF8DFF80FE20FF32FE7A4F8E" box="[493,508,192,218]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">3</date>
III 2+
<date id="09288FF1FF8DFF80FD9CFF32FD014F8E" box="[593,647,192,218]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">4 IV</date>
4
<date id="09288FF1FF8DFF80FD63FF32FD5D4F8E" box="[686,731,192,218]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">2 V</date>
; inner metatarsal tubercle large, elliptical; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; numerous small rounded supernumerary tubercles; subarticular tubercles large, rounded. Dorsum adorned with sinuous longitudinal ridges outlining a spear-shaped ornamentation like a hastateshaped leaf, with flaring pointed lobes at eyes and spear point at urostile (fig. 1). Dorsal surfaces and flanks with warts of different sizes and shapes, set in rows or scattered; ventral surfaces, except hands and feet, covered by numerous small, circular, uniform warts; skin and warts of dorsal and ventral surfaces covered by minuscule horny asperities.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8DFF80FF5AF853FB1D488D" blockId="4.[151,1436,1953,2009]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8DFF80FF5AF853FE9F48ED" bold="true" box="[151,281,1953,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8DFF80FE6AF850FD4A48ED" box="[423,716,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8DFF80FD1EF853FCAE48ED" bold="true" box="[723,808,1953,1977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
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</emphasis>
, UFBA 8487, adult male. Dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of head; ventral views of hand (C) and foot (D). Upper and lower horizontal lines equal 2.0 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8CFF81FF5AF8BEFED548B7" blockId="5.[151,1437,1868,2019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8CFF81FF5AF8BEFEA54830" bold="true" box="[151,291,1868,1892]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Living specimens of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8CFF81FDEDF8BEFCD94837" box="[544,863,1868,1891]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8CFF81FCAAF8BEFC434830" bold="true" box="[871,965,1868,1892]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="54D1C858FF8CFF81FCAAF8BEFC434830" box="[871,965,1868,1892]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from Santa Rita forest, Serra do Timbó, Municipality of Amargosa, State of Bahia, Brazil. Holotype: AC, UFBA 8487, adult male, SVL 39.9 mm. Paratopotypes, adult males: D, MNRJ 62355, SVL 42.0 mm; E, UFBA 8488, SVL 40.2 mm; F, MNRJ 62356, SVL 40.0 mm; GH, MNRJ 62357, SVL 42.0 mm. I, UFBA 7314, SVL 45.5 mm (Photos by Rafael O. Abreu: AH, 21 May 2009; I, 12 April 2007).
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</caption>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF08FF65FB224D56" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1074]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08FF65FE734FE5" bold="true" box="[197,501,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Color of
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in life.
</emphasis>
Dorsal ground color tan brown, maculated with variegated browns looking like dead leaves (fig. 3 AC). Longitudinal ridges of the spear-shaped ornamentation on dorsum light brown, contrasting with dorsal ground color, and bordered along external sides by a wave-shaped dark brown band bordered by a greenish white thin stripe; warts at each wave crest blackish brown, differing from all other warts on dorsum, which are of a lighter brown color. Interior surfaces of the spear-shaped ornamentation on dorsum with light brown maculae, mainly on palpebral appendages, posterior surface of head, and thoracic region. Three transverse dark brown bars on forearm, thigh, tibia, and tarsus. Lorus with a triangular cream color area anterior to eye and a dark brown band from eye to upper lip. Gular region uniform blackish brown. Ventral ground color of chest, belly, arms, legs, hands, and feet fleshy color, with warts and tubercles cream; chest and anterior surfaces of belly dark brown marbled. Pupil black, iris reddish brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF08FDFFFEB64DC3" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1074]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08FDFFFDFC4D73" bold="true" box="[197,634,525,551]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Color of
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in preservative
</emphasis>
. Follows the color in life, but with less vivid colors (fig. 1); the greenish white thin stripe bordering the wave-shaped dark brown band along the longitudinal ridges of the spear-shaped ornamentation on dorsum became cream color; fleshy background color of ventral surfaces became buff.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF08FD50FD404DB6" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1074]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08FD50FDE34DE8" bold="true" box="[197,613,674,700]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Measurements of
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(mm).
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SVL 39.9; HL 18.4; HW 23.2; ED 3.5; UEW 9.2; IOD 5.0;
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2.5;
<collectingCountry id="0581E9A1FF8FFF82FF5AFD3AFF554DB6" box="[151,211,712,738]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">END</collectingCountry>
3.5; TD 2.2; THL 17.4; TL 15.5; FL 23.0.
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<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF08FD1FFED94B66" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1074]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08FD1FFEC54C53" bold="true" box="[197,323,749,775]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Variation.</emphasis>
Specimens are congruent with respect to the morphologic characters. The dorsal background color varies in adult live specimens (fig. 3 AI). Male MNRJ 62355 (ex-UFBA 8486) uniform dark brown and male UFBA 8488 uniform light brown, both with poor noticeable dark brown markings (fig. 3 DE). Adult males UFBA 7314, MNRJ 62356 (ex-UFBA 8489), and MNRJ 62357 (ex-UFBA 8490) of dorsal background color cream with well marked light and dark brown maculae (fig. 3 FG, I). Gular region and ventral markings of belly blackish brown in UFBA 8487 (
<typeStatus id="A22D1793FF8FFF82FC89FC5AFC284C96" box="[836,942,936,962]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) and MNRJ 62357 (ex-UFBA 8490), and tan brown in UFBA 7314 (fig. 3 H). Body size of juveniles (MNRJ 6235862360) smaller than adult males (SVL 31.3, 35.2, and
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, respectively). Descriptive statistics of measurement variables from adult males in
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.
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF5AFB90FE954B2E" bold="true" box="[151,275,1122,1146]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Descriptive statistics of eight adult males of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FCE7FB90FBEC4B2D" box="[810,1130,1122,1145]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Serra do Timbó,
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF5AFB75FA0C4BCA" blockId="6.[151,1437,1122,1188]" box="[151,1418,1159,1188]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Municipality of Amargosa, State of Bahia,
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.
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FD78FB7BFD454BF0" box="[693,707,1161,1188]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">x</emphasis>
, arithmetic mean; SD = standard deviation. Values in millimeters.
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<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF82FF52FB1AFB4149F9" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<table id="0F965B91FF8F007BFF5AFB4BFA1B49F9" box="[151,1437,1209,1709]" gridcols="4" gridrows="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFB4BFA1B4BAB" box="[151,1437,1209,1279]" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFB4BFF5A4BAB" box="[151,220,1209,1279]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">SVL</th>
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FB4BFD9E4BAB" box="[429,536,1209,1279]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Range 38.445.5</th>
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FB4BFC3A4BAB" box="[909,956,1209,1279]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FC5CFB32FC194B8F" box="[913,927,1216,1243]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">x</emphasis>
41.0
</th>
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FB4BFA1B4BAB" box="[1177,1437,1209,1279]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">SD 2.17</th>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFAE4FA1B4A79" box="[151,1437,1302,1325]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFAE4FF5A4A79" box="[151,220,1302,1325]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">HL</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FAE4FD9E4A79" box="[429,536,1302,1325]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">18.020.0</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FAE4FC3A4A79" box="[909,956,1302,1325]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">18.4</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FAE4FA1B4A79" box="[1177,1437,1302,1325]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">0.66</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFAB3FA1B4A0C" box="[151,1437,1345,1368]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFAB3FF5A4A0C" box="[151,220,1345,1368]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">HW</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FAB3FD9E4A0C" box="[429,536,1345,1368]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">21.725.5</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FAB3FC3A4A0C" box="[909,956,1345,1368]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">23.2</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FAB3FA1B4A0C" box="[1177,1437,1345,1368]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">1.11</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFA9EFA1B4AF9" box="[151,1437,1388,1453]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFA9EFF5A4AF9" box="[151,220,1388,1453]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">IND END</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FA9EFD9E4AF9" box="[429,536,1388,1453]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">2.42.8 3.23.7</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FA9EFC3A4AF9" box="[909,956,1388,1453]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">2.5 3.4</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FA9EFA1B4AF9" box="[1177,1437,1388,1453]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">0.12 0.16</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFA33FA1B4A8C" box="[151,1437,1473,1496]" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFA33FF5A4A8C" box="[151,220,1473,1496]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">ED</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FA33FD9E4A8C" box="[429,536,1473,1496]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">3.24.0</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FA33FC3A4A8C" box="[909,956,1473,1496]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">3.5</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FA33FA1B4A8C" box="[1177,1437,1473,1496]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">0.24</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AFA1EFA1B4979" box="[151,1437,1516,1581]" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AFA1EFF5A4979" box="[151,220,1516,1581]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">UEW IOD</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60FA1EFD9E4979" box="[429,536,1516,1581]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">8.111.3 5.05.8</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40FA1EFC3A4979" box="[909,956,1516,1581]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">9.0 5.3</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54FA1EFA1B4979" box="[1177,1437,1516,1581]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">0.97 0.32</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AF9B3FA1B490C" box="[151,1437,1601,1624]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AF9B3FF5A490C" box="[151,220,1601,1624]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">THL</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60F9B3FD9E490C" box="[429,536,1601,1624]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">16.618.9</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40F9B3FC3A490C" box="[909,956,1601,1624]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">17.9</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFB54F9B3FA1B490C" box="[1177,1437,1601,1624]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">0.78</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A6AB73FF8F007BFF5AF99EFA1B49F9" box="[151,1437,1644,1709]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<th id="8077C20FFF8F007BFF5AF99EFF5A49F9" box="[151,220,1644,1709]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">TL FL</th>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFE60F99EFD9E49F9" box="[429,536,1644,1709]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">15.517.0 22.024.8</td>
<td id="8077C20FFF8F007BFC40F99EFC3A49F9" box="[909,956,1644,1709]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">16.0 23.0</td>
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<subSubSection id="358CFABAFF8FFF82FF08F901FCBD4867" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08F901FED14859" bold="true" box="[197,343,1779,1805]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name, a noun in apposition, refers to the
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locality, Santa Rita, Serra do Timbó, Municipality of Amargosa, State of Bahia,
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="358CFABAFF8FFF8DFF08F8CCFDA94CC8" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8FFF83FF08F8CCFCE64D56" blockId="6.[151,1436,1779,2030]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1438,152,2020]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FF08F8CCFEB8480C" bold="true" box="[197,318,1854,1880]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Remarks.</emphasis>
Izecksohn
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FE09F8CDFD86480C" box="[452,512,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
(2005) studied the osteocranium of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FC67F8CDFB22480C" box="[938,1188,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Proceratophrys boiei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8FFF82FB7EF8CDFAFE480C" box="[1203,1400,1855,1880]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="appendiculata">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FB7EF8CDFAFE480C" box="[1203,1400,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8FFF82FA4BF8CDFEB04829" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FA4BF8CDFEB04829" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FEBAF896FE6A4829" box="[375,492,1892,1917]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. l a t i c e p s</emphasis>
, and considered the former three as members of a single phenetic species group by sharing higher lateral crests on the frontoparietals, quadratojugal corners similarly positioned in relation to the vertical level of the occipital condyles, cranial bones with granules and tubercles, and maxillaries with ventro-posterior pits;
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8FFF82FE59F826FD8D48B9" box="[404,523,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. laticeps</emphasis>
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was considered a member of a distinct species group (not formerly named) by the presence of temporal arcades similar to
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD69FF6AFCBF4FE5" box="[676,825,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
Wied-Neuwied
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, quadratojugal corners posterior to the vertical level of occipital condyles, wrinkled skull bones, and maxillaries without ventro-posterior pits.
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FF5AFF10FE594FAF" box="[151,479,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares with
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FDBBFF10FD4B4FAF" box="[630,717,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. b o i e i</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD2DFF10FC2E4FAF" box="[736,936,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FC26FF10FB2D4FAF" box="[1003,1195,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lateral crests on the frontoparietals, and quadratojugal corners similarly positioned in relation to the vertical level of the occipital condyles, but with maxillaries lacking ventro-posterior pits, condition similar to that observed in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FAC9FEDFFAFA4E12" box="[1284,1404,301,326]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FAC9FEDFFAFA4E12" box="[1284,1404,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is important to note that the monophyly and intrageneric relationships of the genus
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB4BFEA0FAC64E3F" box="[1158,1344,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Proceratophrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remain unresolved. Furthermore, some “synapomorphies” proposed by
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for
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB65FE8AFAEB4EC5" box="[1192,1389,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Proceratophrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are currently not sustained (
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). Only the presence of a broad and elongate zygomatic ramus of the squamosal in sutural contact with maxilla remains as a valid character (
<bibRefCitation id="1907D4C0FF8EFF83FBFCFE30FAB94E88" author="Prado" box="[1073,1343,450,476]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" refString="Prado, G. M. &amp; Pombal, J. P. (2008) Especies de Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 com apendices palpebrais (Anura; Cycloramphidae). Arquivos de Zoologia, 39, 1 - 85." type="journal article" year="2008">Prado &amp; Pombal 2008</bibRefCitation>
), which led us to conclude the generic relationships of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD75FE1AFCDF4D55" box="[696,857,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8EFF83FF08FDFFFF7E4BF6" blockId="7.[151,1438,152,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FF08FDFFFE0A4D73" bold="true" box="[197,396,525,551]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Natural history.</emphasis>
All specimens of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FDA8FDFFFC2F4D72" box="[613,937,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were captured inside the forest. The adult males UFBA 8488 and MNRJ 62357 (ex-UFBA 8490) were collected approximately at 12h, the former sheltering in a cavity under a rock and the latter near herbaceous vegetation, both inside a forest brook of shallow waters, with approximately
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wide, and with direct sunlight. The male UFBA 8488 released advertisement calls in the plastic bag from the time it was captured in the forest to the next day, mainly in response to human voices. The adult males UFBA 8487 (
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) and MNRJ 6235462357 (ex-UFBA 84858486, 8489, and 8490, respectively), were collected at night (1922h) on the margins of a small rivulet of mud and sand bed, ca.
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wide,
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depth, and without direct sunlight. These males were emitting sporadic advertisement calls and were ca.
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long from each other. All males cited above emitted advertisement calls in their plastic bags during the returning trip to the Municipality of
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, Bahia State,
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, during ca. 10 hours (from 8h to 18h), forming duets and choruses. The adult male UFBA 7314 was captured in the morning (between 7h and 9h), and UFBA 8003 was captured at night (ca. 20h), both in the same place of the
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. The juveniles MNRJ 6235862360 (ex-UFBA 95259527, respectively) were captured at afternoon on the leaf litter in a forest trail far from water bodies. The forest ranger Manoel P.D. Santos (personal communication) stated that
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD08FBEAFCE94B65" box="[709,879,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is known by him as leaf toad (“sapofolha”), is usually seen in the morning and in the afternoon on the leaf litter of forest trails, mainly during rainy days. The available data lead us to assume that
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FCDAFB91FC3A4B28" box="[791,956,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is active during all day, mainly in rainy seasons.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FF08FB5FFE504B93" bold="true" box="[197,470,1197,1223]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Advertisement call.</emphasis>
Based on calls of four adult males, UFBA 8487 (
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), UFBA 8488 (paratopotype), and MNRJ 6235462355 (ex-UFBA 84858486, paratopotypes). The advertisement call of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FF5AFB08FE594A47" box="[151,479,1274,1299]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
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consists of one multi-pulsed note (3194 pulses,
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FBF5FB0CFBC04A4D" box="[1080,1094,1278,1305]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 46.7 ± 6.4, n = 690 notes) (fig. 4 A). Calls (= notes) are produced in groups (trills) of 2 to 44 notes (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FBCEFAD4FB974A15" box="[1027,1041,1318,1345]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 11.6 ± 1.1, n = 60 call groups), with energy increasing from first to last note (fig. 4 BC). A trill varies from
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(two notes) to
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(44 notes). Note duration ranges from 0.2 to
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s (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD1CFA81FD594ADA" box="[721,735,1395,1422]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 0.4 ± 0.1, n = 695 notes), note interval from 0.2 to
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s (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FF69FA69FF344AE2" box="[164,178,1435,1462]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 0.3 ±
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s, n = 636), and pulse rate from 102.3 to 142.4 pulses/s (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FC02FA69FC5B4AE2" box="[975,989,1435,1462]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 126.0 ± 7.4, n = 695 calls). Peaks of dominant frequency range from 0.95 to 1.29 kHz (
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FCDCFA31FC994A8A" box="[785,799,1475,1502]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">x</emphasis>
= 1.13 ± 0.04, n = 695 calls). Note with increasing frequency modulation, from about 0.8 kHz in the beginning of the note to about 1.3 kHz in the end of the note. The lower frequency in the first fourth of the note coincides with a smaller amount of energy in the first pulses, which usually leads to a bowling pin-shaped or bottle-shaped waveform (fig. 4 D).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF8EFF83FF08F9A7FA1C48B7" blockId="7.[151,1438,152,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
The number of pulses of the advertisement call of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FCFBF9A7FC66493A" box="[822,992,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3194 pulses) is higher than for
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FA4BF9A7FF6049C7" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brauni">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FA4BF9A7FF6049C7" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. brauni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2428 pulses) and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FE15F988FD1149C7" box="[472,663,1658,1683]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE15F988FD1149C7" box="[472,663,1658,1683]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2129 pulses), and much lower than for
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB41F988FA9949C7" box="[1164,1311,1658,1683]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. m o e h r i n g i</emphasis>
(136156 pulses; estimated from the data in
<bibRefCitation id="1907D4C0FF8EFF83FDEBF96DFCDD49ED" author="Weygoldt" box="[550,859,1695,1721]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" refString="Weygoldt, P. &amp; Peixoto, O. L. (1985) A new species of horned toad (Proceratophrys) from Espirito Santo, Brazil (Amphibia: Salientia: Leptodactylidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 66, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1985">Weygoldt &amp; Peixoto 1985</bibRefCitation>
). The call duration of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB91F952FB7B49ED" box="[1116,1277,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.2
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s) is shorter than in
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE87F937FE5D498A" box="[330,475,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. bigibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1.6
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s) and
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD51F937FC8C498A" box="[668,778,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. cururu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), and much shorter than in
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB51F937FAB5498A" box="[1180,1331,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3.5
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). The pulse rate of
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE43F918FDB74857" box="[398,561,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(102142 pulses/s) is much faster than in
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FBE0F918FB214857" box="[1069,1191,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. a v e l i n o i</emphasis>
(6472 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FA4BF918FE8D487D" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bigibbosa">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FA4BF918FE8D487D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. bigibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2327 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FE2CF8E2FDBE487D" box="[481,568,1808,1833]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boiei">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE2CF8E2FDBE487D" box="[481,568,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. boiei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(45 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FD2FF8E2FCCB487D" box="[738,845,1808,1833]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brauni">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD2FF8E2FCCB487D" box="[738,845,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. brauni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3540 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FBEEF8E2FB36487D" box="[1059,1200,1808,1833]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cristiceps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FBEEF8E2FB36487D" box="[1059,1200,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. cristiceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(8791 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FA4BF8E2FF61481A" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cururu">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FA4BF8E2FF61481A" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. cururu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(45 pulses/s),
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE5EF8C7FD8E481A" box="[403,520,1845,1870]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. l a t i c e p s</emphasis>
(4662 pulses/s),
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FD29F8C7FC26481A" box="[740,928,1845,1870]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD29F8C7FC26481A" box="[740,928,1845,1870]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5054 pulses/s), and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FB66F8C7FAC4481A" box="[1195,1346,1845,1870]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB66F8C7FAC4481A" box="[1195,1346,1845,1870]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3340 pulses/s). Peaks of dominant frequency for
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FD67F8A8FCD64827" box="[682,848,1882,1907]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FD67F8A8FCD64827" box="[682,848,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.91.3 kHz) are lower than in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FB2EF8A8FAE24827" box="[1251,1380,1882,1907]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avelinoi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB2EF8A8FAE24827" box="[1251,1380,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. avelinoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1.6 kHz), and higher than in
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FE76F872FDB448CD" box="[443,562,1920,1945]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FE76F872FDB448CD" box="[443,562,1920,1945]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.40.7 kHz); peaks of dominant frequencies not available for
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FAECF872FAF248CD" box="[1313,1396,1920,1945]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. b o i e i</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FA4BF872FF6148EA" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cururu">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FA4BF872FF6148EA" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. cururu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FEE4F857FE4648EA" box="[297,448,1957,1982]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FEE4F857FE4648EA" box="[297,448,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The bowling pin-shaped or bottle-shaped waveform of
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FB93F857FA8748EA" box="[1118,1281,1957,1982]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB93F857FA8748EA" box="[1118,1281,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with energy concentrated from about the second half of the call, is different from that of
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FB95F838FB7748B7" box="[1112,1265,1994,2019]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bigibbosa">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FB95F838FB7748B7" box="[1112,1265,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. bigibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF8EFF83FACEF838FAF348B7" box="[1283,1397,1994,2019]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brauni">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FACEF838FAF348B7" box="[1283,1397,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. brauni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF8EFF83FA4BF838FA1C48B7" box="[1414,1434,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF81FF8CFF5AFF6AFD544FA8" blockId="8.[151,1436,152,252]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFF5AFF6AFF734FE5" box="[151,245,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFF5AFF6AFF734FE5" box="[151,245,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">laticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFEC8FF6AFE4E4FE5" box="[261,456,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanopogon">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFEC8FF6AFE4E4FE5" box="[261,456,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. melanopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFDC6FF6AFD004FE5" box="[523,646,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paviotti">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFDC6FF6AFD004FE5" box="[523,646,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. paviotti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ovoid-shaped waveform), and from
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFB80FF6AFB484FE5" box="[1101,1230,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avelinoi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFB80FF6AFB484FE5" box="[1101,1230,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. avelinoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFAC7FF6AFA1A4FE5" box="[1290,1436,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cristiceps">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFAC7FF6AFA1A4FE5" box="[1290,1436,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. cristiceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(energy greatly concentrated in the first half of the call); oscillograms of the calls of
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFBB9FF4FFB414F82" box="[1140,1223,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. b o i e i</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFB17FF4FFAC54F82" box="[1242,1347,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. c u r u r u</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFA4BFF4FFE964FAF" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moehringi">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFA4BFF4FFE964FAF" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. moehringi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are not available from published data.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF81FF8CFF5AF883FC3B48A7" blockId="8.[151,1436,1905,2035]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFF5AF883FE9C48DD" bold="true" box="[151,282,1905,1929]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Advertisement call of
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF81FF8CFDDFF880FCBF48DD" box="[530,825,1906,1929]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF81FF8CFDDFF880FCBF48DD" box="[530,825,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Oscillogram (A) of a multi-pulsed call (= note) emitted by the paratopotype UFBA 8488 featuring a bowling pin-shaped waveform. The audiospectrogram (B) and oscillogram (C) represent a complete trill of 20 calls. Arrows indicate the call used to build the oscillogram (A) and power spectrum (D). Vocalization recorded on
<date id="09288FF1FF81FF8CFE17F82EFDED48A7" box="[474,619,2012,2035]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" value="2009-05-19">19 May 2009</date>
, at 12h; air temperature 22.5o C.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF80FF8DFF08FF65FEB34D73" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,924]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF80FF8DFF08FF65FD8E4FE5" bold="true" box="[197,520,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BA96D2B2FF80FF8DFDDCFF6AFCE54FE5" box="[529,867,152,177]" class="Amphibia" family="Cycloramphidae" genus="Proceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanctaritae">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF80FF8DFDDCFF6AFCE54FE5" box="[529,867,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Proceratophrys sanctaritae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from the locality of Santa Rita (
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,
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) at the Serra do Timbó, a mountain range characterized by a rugged relief covered mainly by tropical semi-deciduous forests, and reaching elevations from
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above sea level. This is the northernmost record for a species belonging to the
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<emphasis id="4FE27523FF80FF8DFD38FEFAFC3A4E75" box="[757,956,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. appendiculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. The locality of Santa Rita lies within the Municipality of Amargosa, in the State of Bahia,
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, and belongs, with the Serra da Jibóia (
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,
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), to a set of disjunct mountains located north of the Serra Geral mountain range. The Serra do Timbó is placed in the Vale do Jiquiriçá, western part of the geographic region known as Recôncavo Baiano, and is ca.
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northeast from the city of Maracás (
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,
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). This region was considered by AbSáber (1977) as a transitional area between the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Tropical Atlantic domains. The tropical-humid climate prevails in the Serra do Timbó, but the region is surrounded by sub-humid and semiarid climates.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D29A931FF80FF8DFF08FDC0FDA94CC8" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,924]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="4FE27523FF80FF8DFF08FDC0FEF24D18" bold="true" box="[197,372,562,588]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Conservation.</emphasis>
The forest cover of Serra do Timbó is currently threatened by human activities, mainly by deforestation for the development of banana and cacao cultivations, pastures, and selective logging of species of commercial interest. Concomitantly, the springs that rise in Serra do Timbó and support the water supply of the municipalities of Amargosa, Ubaíra, Matuípe, and Jiquiriçá are also endangered. Currently, the Serra do Timbó is the object of a conservation movement (Timbós Project) that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat. The Timbós Project is developed by the Centro Sapucaia, Núcleo
<collectingCountry id="0581E9A1FF80FF8DFEA3FCE0FE2D4C78" box="[366,427,786,812]" name="Malta" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Mata</collectingCountry>
Atlântica (Ministério Público), and by the municipal government of Amargosa. This action includes the creation of a conservation unit with 674 ha of tropical semi-deciduous forest, which will be supported by the Ministério do Meio Ambiente (data obtained from Centro-Sapucaia, 2008, accessible at http://www.centrosapucaia.org.br).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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