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. Misidentification.
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. Venezuelan listing and geographic distribution.
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. Tadpole description.
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: 116
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. Venezuelan listing and geographic distribution.
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:
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6163, from the road Coloncito to El Vigía, estado Zulia
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[sic!=Mérida],
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.
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3B8355386FFA1075DEF9B3" bold="true" box="[264,394,1518,1544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3B835538FBFA11762FF9B3" box="[412,635,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other hylids by the following combination of characters: (1) small SVL (up to
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); (2) acuminate snout projecting beyond margin of lip, (3) tympanum distinct, approximately half diameter of ED; (4) hind limbs long, reaching nostrils when adpressed to saggital plane; (5) fingers unwebbed; (6) toes nearly fully webbed; (7) coloration in preservative pale brown to dark brown dorsally with darker longitudinal markings and dark brown upper lateral stripes; in life, lime green at night, at day pale brownish with contrasting or not longitudinal stripes; bones green in life and in recently preserved specimens. Differences between the two species of the genus are highlighted in the discussion. All
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3B83553BA1F8D17740F8F3" box="[710,788,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Scinax</emphasis>
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have a reduced or complete lack of webbing between Toes I and II, whereas Toes I and II are fully webbed in
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3B83553D65F8A97026F8CB" box="[1026,1138,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Scarthyla</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3A8354385FFEE5750BFB75" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3A8354385FFEE57586FE8E" bold="true" box="[312,466,283,309]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description:</emphasis>
We base our description on
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(SVL=
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) (see Appendix) from the Maracaibo Basin, where the
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locality is. Body elongate, slender; head as wide as body, longer than wide; head length 3342 % of SVL; head width 2630.8 % of SVL; snout long, acuminate in dorsal and lateral views, projecting well beyond margin of lip; nostrils about 2/3 distance from orbit to tip of snout, slightly protuberant laterally; internarial area slightly concave to flat; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region barely concave; lips rounded; interorbital area flat, much wider than UEW; IOD 3846 % of HW; UEW 3246 % of HW; eye moderately large, protuberant; pupil round, palpebrum clear, tympanum round, TD 4266% of ED, situated posteroventral to eye, separated from eye by distance equal to half TD; tympanic annulus distinct except on the supero-posterior part, obscured by a diffuse supratympanic fold. Axillary membrane absent; arm moderately slender; ulnar fold and tubercles absent; fingers slender with narrow lateral fringes extending to small round discs (
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); FD equal to 4570 % TD; relative length of fingers 1&lt;2&lt;4&lt;3; webbing absent; subarticular tubercles small, round, largest on Finger IV; supernumerary tubercles minute, round, in single rows from subarticular tubercles; palmar tubercle low, flat, deeply bifid distally; thenar tubercle low, flat, elliptical; nuptial excrescences absent.
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limbs slender; tibia length 5055 % of SVL; foot length 4550% of SVL; inner tarsal fold absent; outer metatarsal tubercle small, round, flat, half size of inner metatarsal tubercle, indistinct in some specimens; inner metatarsal tubercle small, nearly round; toes slender with small round discs, slightly smaller than those of fingers; relative lengths of toes 1&lt;2&lt;3=5&lt;4; webbing extending to bases of discs on all toes except only to base of penultimate phalange of Toe IV; subarticular tubercles small, round; supernumerary tubercles indistinct, minute, present only on proximal segments (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3A8354385FFB22768EFA05" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Cloacal opening directed posteriorly at upper level of thighs; cloacal sheath and anal tubercles absent; skin on belly and proximal posteroventral surfaces of thighs granular; skin on other surfaces smooth. Tongue oval to slightly cordiform, not notched posteriorly, free behind for about 1/3 of its length; dentigerous processes of vomers small, each bearing 35 teeth; in males, vocal slit extending from midlateral base of tongue to angle of jaw; vocal sac single, median, subgular.</paragraph>
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Coloration in preservative: dorsum pale brown or pale gray to dark brown or bluish brown, without apparent longitudinal stripes (15%) or with more or less distinct stripes (85%). Three longitudinal stripes, darker than background, usually dark brown, one vertebral, two dorsolateral. Dark brown (sometimes blackish) canthal and supratympanic stripes; supratympanic stripe can extend to above arm or continue to near groin.
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limbs can be patternless or bearing diffuse markings, like faint spots. Ventral parts creamy white in males, in females white with a few black melanophores (only distinguished by microscope) on throat and chest, immaculate on belly. Iris black or golden, depending on preservation artifacts.
</paragraph>
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Coloration in life: At night, lime green, stripes indistinct, bones pale green; ventral parts transparent. During the day (
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) the colour is more contrasting. The vertebral line is usually narrower than the dorsolateral ones, and can be surrounded by a narrow whitish line. On the head, the vertebral line can open and form a triangle with the widest part between the interorbital region. Iris bronze, pupil black.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3D8353386FFAFB75BBFA84" blockId="4.[264,1323,1285,1343]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3D8353386FFAFB75DEFAA6" bold="true" box="[264,394,1285,1309]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Male of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3D8353388DFAFB7604FAA7" box="[490,592,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scarthyla</emphasis>
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nov. from Ologá, southwestern side of the Maracaibo lake. Photo by C. L. Barrio-Amorós.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3D8353385FFA8C75AEFA67" blockId="4.[264,1323,1394,1900]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3D8353385FFA8C75E0FA37" bold="true" box="[312,436,1394,1420]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Variation:</emphasis>
Little variation has been observed. Specimens from Santa María de Caparo (Los Llanos bioregion) have smaller tympanum (30% of ED vs. 50% of individuals from the Maracaibo lake).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3D8353385FFA14706AF997" blockId="4.[264,1323,1394,1900]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3D8353385FFA1475E9F9BF" bold="true" box="[312,445,1514,1540]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Osteology:</emphasis>
The osteological description is based on MBLUZA295, a male from Laguna Los Palitos, Sur del lago, Municipio Catatumbo, estado Zulia.
</paragraph>
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The skull is longer than wide, well ossified; the dorsal surfaces (
<figureCitation id="136E2A01AB3D83533D44F9C4703DF9EF" box="[1059,1129,1594,1620]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[264,367,1861,1885]" captionTargetBox="[373,1100,1096,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[362,1226,1081,1837]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Dorsal view of skull of Scarthyla vigilans, MBLUZ 295. Scale equal to 5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174506/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
) are smooth and lack exostosis, casquing or co-ossification with the overlying dermis. The nasals are moderately large, triangular, anteriorly separated from the alary processes of the premaxillae by the nasal cartilages. The nasals converge, but do not meet, anteriomedially. Medially, the nasals overlap the lateral margin of the sphenethmoid, and they are almost completely fused with the sphenethmoid. Posteriorly, the nasals are widely separated from the frontoparietals by the ossified sphenethmoid. The frontoparietals are well developed, rectangular, and lack a supraorbital shelf. The medial margins of the frontoparietals are narrowly separated from one another. The frontoparietal fontanelle is covered by the frontoparietals. Posteriorly, the frontoparietals cover the prootics.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3C8352386FFB647084FB09" blockId="5.[264,1232,1178,1202]" box="[264,1232,1178,1202]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3C8352386FFB6475DDFB09" bold="true" box="[264,393,1178,1202]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB3C835238F6FB657632FB09" box="[401,614,1179,1202]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="goinorum">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3C835238F6FB657632FB09" box="[401,614,1179,1202]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Scarthyla goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from Leticia, Colombian Amazon, photo by J. D. Lynch.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3C8352385FFB1B7711FA24" blockId="5.[264,1323,1253,1839]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
The sphenethmoid is well ossified; not fused posterolaterally with the prootic like in
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB3C83523C73FB18752EFA9C" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="goinorum">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3C83523C73FB18752EFA9C" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S. goinorum</emphasis>
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. The prootics are well ossified and fused with the exoccipitals. The prootic foramen is moderately large and has a complete bony margin. One smaller foramina lies between the optic and prootic foramina. The exoccipitals are well ossified. The crista parotica is short and seems cartilaginous distally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3C8352385FFA5376B7F894" blockId="5.[264,1323,1253,1839]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
Ventrally (
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), the parasphenoid is triradiate and smooth. The cultriform process is long and terminates in a sharp tip at the same level of palatines. The parasphenoid alae are narrowly triangular, sharp, and oriented horizontally. The parasphenethmoid is covered anteriorly by the sphenethmoid, and covered posteriorly by the prootic and exoccipitals. The vomers are moderately large and have ovoid, straight odontophores, bearing four teeth each. The neopalatines are sharp and moderately long (barely surpassing the sphenethmoid). The pterygoids are triradiate and slender; the anterior ramus articulates with the maxilla, and the posterior ramus articulates with the squamosal at the level of the angle of the jaw. The medial ramus of the pterygoid has a ligamentous attachment to the anteroventral surface of the otic capsule.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3F8351386FFC117791FBBD" blockId="6.[264,965,1007,1031]" box="[264,965,1007,1031]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3F8351386FFC1175DDFBBC" bold="true" box="[264,393,1007,1031]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Hand of preserved
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3F83513B3BFC0E7749FBBC" box="[604,797,1008,1031]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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, MBLUZ287.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3F8351386FF8A977E8F8D5" blockId="6.[264,956,1879,1903]" box="[264,956,1879,1903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3F8351386FF8A975DDF8D4" bold="true" box="[264,393,1879,1903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Foot of preserved
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3F83513B34F8A67740F8D4" box="[595,788,1880,1903]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, MBLUZ287.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3E8350385FFEE27681FE6D" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,990]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">The maxillary arches are complete. The premaxillae are separated medially and bear well-developed alary processes that are slightly inclined anteriorly. The partes palatinae and palatine processes are moderately well developed. The maxillae lack pre- and postorbital processes. The quadratojugal is well ossified. Anteriorly, the dentaries are fused, with the Mentomeckelian bones.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3E8350385FFE1A753FFCDD" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,990]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
The presacral vertebrae (
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) lack neural arches. The transverse processes of all vertebrae are subequal in length, those on presacrals II, III, and VII are oriented transversely, whereas those on presacrals IV VI are inclined posteriorly, and those on presacral VIII are curved anteriorly. The sacral diapophyses are dilated slightly and in section are more or less cylindrical. The urostyle is moderately short (just a bit less than the total length of column without urostyle) and has a low ridge dorsally basal. Compared with the vertebral columna of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3E83503B13FD2A7751FD56" box="[628,773,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S. goinorum</emphasis>
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(in which the figures of Duellman and
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB3E83503C6AFD2A7503FCAD" author="Sa" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Duellman, W. E. &amp; de Sa, R. O. (1988) A new genus and species of South American Hylid frog with a highly modified tadpole. Tropical Zoology, 1, 117 - 136." type="journal article" year="1988">Sá (1988)</bibRefCitation>
are reversed), the principal difference is the length of the transverse processes of the vertebrae, being in
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3E83503B78FCDA76C8FC86" box="[543,668,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
much longer and the vertebrae much more robust and ossified.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3E8350385FFC8A753FFC65" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,990]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">The phalangeal formula for the hand and foot is 2-2-3-3 and 2-2-3-4-3, respectively. The intercalary element between the penultimate and distal phalanges is completely ossified.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB3E8350386FF8BB7089F8E7" blockId="7.[264,1245,1861,1885]" box="[264,1245,1861,1885]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3E8350386FF8BB75DDF8E6" bold="true" box="[264,393,1861,1885]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of skull of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3E83503BEAF8BB771AF8E7" box="[653,846,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, MBLUZ295. Scale equal to 5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB31835F386FFBAC75DDFBD1" bold="true" box="[264,393,1106,1130]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Ventral view of skull of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB31835F3BF4FBAC7700FBD2" box="[659,852,1106,1129]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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, MBLUZ295. Scale same as Fig 5.
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB31835F385FFB3B76B4FB64" bold="true" box="[312,736,1221,1247]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Vocalization and calling behavior:</emphasis>
We analysed two series of calls, one from close to the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB31835F3895FB13769CFABD" box="[498,712,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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(
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), and other from Los Llanos region, east of the Andes (unfortunately, this last call is too dirty to provide a clear audiospectrogram). The call from the Maracaibo lake area (Finca Onia,
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from El Vigía to Colón, estado Mérida) is like a cricket chirp, very low in intensity, each call has between 5 to 6 notes, the first three or four notes have a duration from 0.273 to 0.290 sec, the two other notes are separated by 0.094 sec from the first group of four; the duration of the entire call is 0.35 sec. The separation between calls emitted by the same frog vary from 0.5 sec to 2 sec. The dominant frequency is at 4700 Hz, and the fundamental at 3800 Hz. Another recording from Ologá (not represented), also in the Maracaibo lake, is interesting for showing two more different call
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. One is consisting in only two notes, with a total duration of 0.088 sec, with a dominant frequency of 4000 Hz (fundamental at 3400); and another call consisting in four notes, with a total duration of 0.42 sec, a dominant frequency of 4800 Hz and a fundamental frequency of 3800 Hz.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB30835E386FFBFB76DDFB84" blockId="9.[264,1323,1029,1087]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB30835E386FFBFB75D8FBA6" bold="true" box="[264,396,1029,1053]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Ventral (bottom) and dorsal (top) views of vertebral columnae of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB30835E3D06FBF87177FBA6" box="[1121,1315,1030,1053]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, MBLUZ295. Scale equal to 5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB30835E386FFA0B7508F9EA" blockId="9.[264,1323,1525,1617]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB30835E386FFA0B75D8F9B6" bold="true" box="[264,396,1525,1549]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Audiospectrogram of
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB30835E3B19FA0B7715F9B7" box="[638,833,1525,1548]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB30835E3B19FA0B7715F9B7" box="[638,833,1525,1548]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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calling at Finca Onia, near El Vigia, the type locality of the species. One call of the series is encircled to be distinguished from calls of other species.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB30835D385FF973752CFEE5" blockId="9.[264,1323,1677,1903]" lastBlockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">The call from near Santa María de Caparo, estado Mérida, in Los Llanos bioregion, is very similar to the one from Finca Onia, with the following variations: the sequence of a single call is a series of six to seven notes, with a duration of about 0.2 sec. There is a group of five notes close together barely separated from the last two. The dominant frequency is lower than the Finca Onia sample, but equal to Ologá sample, at 4000 Hz, and the fundamental frequency is at 3400 Hz. Because the animals of both populations are identical, we consider that the differences between the calls represent intraspecific variation.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D385FFE927645FE3E" box="[312,529,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been unknown from Los Llanos region for a long time (
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB33835D38C8FE6D76F8FE16" author="Barrio-Amoros" box="[431,684,403,429]" pageId="10" pageNumber="15" refString="Barrio-Amoros, C. L. (1998) Sistematica y Biogeografia de los anfibios (Amphibia) de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 18 (2), 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1998">Barrio-Amorós 1998</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB33835D3BD9FE6D77BEFE16" author="Pefaur" box="[702,1002,403,429]" pageId="10" pageNumber="16" refString="Pefaur, J. &amp; Rivero, J. A. (2000) Distribution, species-richness, endemism, and conservation of Venezuelan amphibians and reptiles. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 2 (2), 42 - 40." type="journal article" year="2000">Péfaur and Rivero 2000</bibRefCitation>
), although Barrio-Amorós (2004) mentioned it from there without precise locations, we believe this is due mainly because of its low call, seemingly like a cricket to untrained ears, and obscured by other sympatric hylids (
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3887FDF5705CFD9F" box="[480,1032,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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,
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D23FDF5714DFD9F" box="[1092,1305,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pseudis paradoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), all calling with a much higher intensity.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FFDA570DDFC87" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<bibRef id="52F5A272AB33835D385FFDA570DDFC87" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="book">
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However,
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D38D3FDA5759EFDCF" box="[436,458,603,628]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S.</emphasis>
</author>
<title id="F951DDB2AB33835D38B3FDA57506FD26" jopScore="0.008651955" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">vigilans is easily detectable some nights when other species are not so active</title>
. For instance, the night of 16 of July
<year id="FFFD77D7AB33835D3A6EFD7D7713FD26" box="[777,839,643,669]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">2002</year>
,
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in
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, estado Apure, just a few
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D386FFD557583FD7F" box="[264,471,683,708]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">D. microcephalus</emphasis>
and no
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B50FD5576B4FD7F" box="[567,736,683,708]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">D. minusculus</emphasis>
were calling in a pool where
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D59FD5570EEFD7F" box="[1086,1210,683,708]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S. vigilans</emphasis>
was very active.
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3839FD2D758DFD57" box="[350,473,723,748]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S. vigilans</emphasis>
also calls actively during the day, as we observed in pools and marshes around
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(estado Apure) during the wet season (June to November), and along the channels of Puerto Concha (estado Zulia) (also from June to November)
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.
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34F650FAB33835D385FFCB47500F912" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FFCB47794FBC7" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D385FFCB4765FFCDF" bold="true" box="[312,523,842,868]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Natural History:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B73FCB576BEFCDF" box="[532,746,843,868]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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is a small, inconspicuous species, despite being very abundant. It inhabits marshes, channels, ditches, slow-movement rivers and streams, lakes and even brackish coastal areas of the Maracaibo lake. Calling males are more often seen, as they call from high in the grasses or leafs on floating plants (water hyacinths, water lettuces, etc.), and jump quickly to escape. Females are larger and stay at lower stages on the same plants.
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3B20FBEC7696FB90" box="[583,706,1042,1067]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B20FBEC7696FB90" box="[583,706,1042,1067]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, like
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3A6FFBEC77CDFB90" box="[776,921,1042,1067]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, can escape jumping to the water and skittering on the surface (Duellman and
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB33835D3A58FBC477F6FBEF" author="Sa" box="[831,930,1082,1108]" pageId="10" pageNumber="15" refString="Duellman, W. E. &amp; de Sa, R. O. (1988) A new genus and species of South American Hylid frog with a highly modified tadpole. Tropical Zoology, 1, 117 - 136." type="journal article" year="1988">Sá 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
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). One ovigerous female at
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, estado Apure, laid 95 bicolored ova.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FFB74763EFAA0" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
During dry season they usually remain undetectable (not calling at all), but the first author, while searching for anacondas (
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3BBEFB4C77FFFB70" box="[729,939,1202,1227]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Eunectes murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) on
<date id="FFEB1044AB33835D3A85FB4C7021FB77" box="[994,1141,1202,1228]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="2006-03">March 2006</date>
, at 1300 h, in a dry pond with still green water hyacinths, observed uncountable
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3D77FB2470D8FB48" box="[1040,1164,1242,1267]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D77FB2470D8FB48" box="[1040,1164,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
jumping and escaping through all the pond.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FFAD77754FA00" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
In La Acequia, Barinas, the species is micro-sympatric with
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D15FAD775F8FA29" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3D15FAD775E2FAD1" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dendropsophus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microcephalus">Dendropsophus microcephalus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D38A8FAAF769AFAD1" box="[463,718,1361,1386]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Hypsiboas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crepitans">Hypsiboas crepitans</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3B80FAAF77D9FAD1" box="[743,909,1361,1386]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Hypsiboas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctatus">H. punctatus</taxonomicName>
,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3DFAFAAF7172FAD1" box="[1181,1318,1361,1386]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scinax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wandae">S. wandae</taxonomicName>
,
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</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3891FA877668FA29" box="[502,572,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">ovalis</emphasis>
,
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<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3B33FA8776ACFA29" box="[596,760,1401,1426]" class="Amphibia" family="Leptodactylidae" genus="Leptodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Leptodactylus</taxonomicName>
sp
</emphasis>
.,
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3A24FA87778AFA29" box="[835,990,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Physalaemus</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D79FA87717EFA29" box="[1054,1322,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">fischeri, Engystomops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D38A3FA5F76ADFA01" box="[452,761,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Trachycephalus venulosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FFA377781F9B1" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
In
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, Apure, it is only micro-sympatric with
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3ADFFA377695F9B1" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3ADFFA377173FA59" box="[952,1319,1481,1506]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dendropsophus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microcephalus">Dendropsophus microcephalus</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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and
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.
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<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB33835D385FF9E77500F912" blockId="10.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
In the Maracaibo lake, Zulia, it is micro-sympatric with
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D15F9E7767AF93A" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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,
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,
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,
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sp.,
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,
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</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B01F99676E0F93A" box="[614,692,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">ovalis,</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B8AF996705EF93A" box="[749,1034,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Physalaemus pustulosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and syntopic with
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3D94F9967500F912" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB33835D3D94F9967504F912" class="Amphibia" family="Pipidae" genus="Pipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parva">Pipa parva</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D385FF946769BF969" bold="true" box="[312,719,1720,1746]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Distribution and biogeography:</emphasis>
Since its description to very recently,
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3DDDF9467531F942" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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was conceived to be an endemism of the Maracaibo lake basin in NW
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, and reported formerly only in 1996 from
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by
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Ruíz-Carranza
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3DECF8F67099F89A" box="[1163,1229,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
(1996)
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(although it was mentioned already as
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB33835D3B80F8CE77EBF8F2" box="[743,959,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Hyla squalirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB33835D3A93F8CE714AF8F1" author="Cochran" box="[1012,1310,1840,1866]" pageId="10" pageNumber="15" refString="Cochran, D. &amp; Goin, C. (1970) Frogs of Colombia. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 288, 1 - 655." type="journal article" year="1970">Cochran and Goin 1970</bibRefCitation>
), where it is widely distributed especially in its northern part.
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provided the distribution in
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based on Maracaibo lake basin registers. Mijares
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C3C72FEE27572FEE6" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(1998) reported the species from Falcon state, further east than previously expected, and H.P. Reinthaler (in an unpublished thesis) cited it from Caparo, Estado Mérida (eastern side of the Cordillera de Mérida), in Los Llanos bio-region. We recorded the species from Santa Maria de Caparo, and note herein its presence at
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, Estado Apure, and from río Acequias, and Sabanas de Anaro, Estado Barinas, as first state records (see appendix).
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Uribe
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C38B0FDF57647FD9F" box="[471,531,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(1994
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: 36) show a photograph of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C3AC1FDF57076FD9F" box="[934,1058,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C3D2DFDF5717FFD9F" box="[1098,1323,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Hyla microcephala</emphasis>
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from somewhere in the Colombian Llanos. Finally,
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report the species from the Urrá dam area, at Departmento de Córdoba,
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. Barrio-
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in assigning the first Trujillo specimens, missed that
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already mentioned
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from that state.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB32835C385FFD2D7573FCAE" blockId="11.[264,1323,284,789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
We present herein 46 localities for this species in
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and
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(Fig 9).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB32835C386FFA9877F3FA5D" blockId="11.[264,1323,1382,1510]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C386FFA98750AFAC5" bold="true" box="[264,350,1382,1406]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGUR</emphasis>
E 9. Distribution map of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C3B01FA997773FAC5" box="[614,807,1383,1406]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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in northern South
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. The black line is the approximate border between
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(to the west) and
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. The black bar scale is equal to
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. One dot can represent more than one locality. Map of South
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elaborated by JPL. Available at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03388
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB32835C385FF9C27078F8A6" blockId="11.[264,1323,1596,1901]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
So far, the general distribution of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB32835C3B81F9C27733F9EE" box="[742,871,1596,1621]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. vigilans</emphasis>
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includes the NW part of
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(estados Zulia, Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, and Falcón) and north of
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(departamentos Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, Norte de Santander, and Sucre); and Los Llanos of
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and
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(Apure, Barinas and Mérida in
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; Arauca in
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). Barrio-Amorós (2004) gave an altitude range from
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; the locality “Hacienda Tesoro Escondido” in Mérida state lays at
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.
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Because its apparent inconspicuousness, it is evident that the species has been missed in many herpetological surveys in Los Llanos (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB32835C3D6BF8AD7171F8D6" author="Staton" box="[1036,1317,1875,1901]" pageId="11" pageNumber="16" refString="Staton, M. A. &amp; Dixon, J. R. (1977) The herpetofauna of the central Llanos of Venezuela: noteworthy records, a tentative checklist and ecological notes. Journal of Herpetology, 11, 17 - 24." type="journal article" year="1977">Staton and Dixon 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB35835B386FFEE2764CFE8D" author="Ramo" box="[264,536,284,310]" pageId="12" pageNumber="16" refString="Ramo, C. &amp; Busto, B. (1989 - 1990) Inventario herpetologico (Anfibios y Reptiles) de las sabanas inundables del Modulo Fernando Corrales (Mantecal), Estado Apure. Memoria Sociedad Ciencias Naturales La Salle, 49 (131 - 132), 50 (133 - 134), 287 - 308." type="journal article" year="1989">
Ramo and Busto
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1990; Péfaur and Díaz de
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), and that in the future, many new localities will be reported. We presume the presence of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3D53FEBA70A5FEE6" box="[1076,1265,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla vigila</emphasis>
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ns at least through the western Llanos (Táchira, Portuguesa, Guárico, Cojedes states), and north-western states (Carabobo, Lara). In
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, its distribution must be continue to the Colombian Llanos (at least in Departamentos Casanare, Vichada, and Meta). In some part of the Amazon-Llanos ecotone in
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both species of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3D26FE1A70E6FE46" box="[1089,1202,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be sympatric.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB35835B385FFDCD7784FB4F" blockId="12.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
A few amphibian species are known to occur at both sides of the Cordillera de Mérida in
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. The known distribution of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3B83FDA577ECFDCF" box="[740,952,603,628]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
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has no parallel in other species. Only widespread species like
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,
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,
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,
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB35835B3A5DFD557794FD7F" box="[826,960,683,708]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scinax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="x-signatus">x-signatus</taxonomicName>
”,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB35835B3A0AFD2D7045FD57" box="[877,1041,723,748]" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Elachistocleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Elachistocleis</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB35835B3D42FD2D7020FD57" box="[1061,1140,723,748]" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Elachistocleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ovalis">ovalis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, are known to inhabit the Maracaibo lake basin as well as Los Llanos or further east (Barrio-Amorós 2004). Two biogeographical cases are of interest.
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3A16FCDD702AFC87" box="[881,1150,803,828]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Leptodactylus lineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was formerly known from the Amazon basin and Guianas (
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;
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), but recently reported from the Maracaibo basin by
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. Both populations are clearly conspecific and we can not argue at this point about the biogeographic reasons for such distribution.
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3A22FC3C700EFC60" box="[837,1114,962,987]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ceratophrys calcarata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from northwestern
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, including the Maracaibo lake basin, (usually in arid habitat), and further west to at least departamento de Córdoba in Caribbean
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(
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, 2004;
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); a relict population occurs in the surroundings of Puerto Ayacucho, close to the shore of the Orinoco river (estado Amazonas,
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). This last species (excluding the Orinoquian locality) has the most similar distribution pattern to
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B38EAFB4C763DFB70" box="[397,617,1202,1227]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, even though
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3A42FB4C7063FB70" box="[805,1079,1202,1227]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ceratophrys calcarata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is absent from los Llanos, and that each species inhabit different microhabitats.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34F650FAB35835A385FFAFF77CEFA28" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB35835B385FFAFF77C3F941" blockId="12.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B385FFAFF7591FAA0" bold="true" box="[312,453,1281,1307]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B38ABFAFF76F4FAA1" box="[460,672,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically and osteologically very similar to
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3C73FAFF752EFAF9" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B38ECFAD77635FAF9" box="[395,609,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share with
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3B89FAD7772BFAF9" box="[750,895,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the following characters: (1) nasals large, rounded, with maxillary processes not articulating with maxillae; (2) sphenethmoid ossified, separating nasals and frontoparietals; (3) frontoparietals narrowly separated medially, obscuring frontoparietal fontanelle; (4) squamosal slender; (5) alary processes of premaxillae inclined anteriorly; (6) maxillary arch complete; (7) transverse processes on presacral IV moderately long, inclined posteriorly; (8) sacral diaphyses moderately expanded; (9) intercalary elements between distal and penultimate phalanges ossified.
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Faivovich
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B38E3F9BF75EAF9E1" box="[388,446,1601,1626]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
</bibRefCitation>
did not presented any synapomorphy for the then monotypic genus. Adding
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B380EF9967653F93A" box="[361,519,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Hyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3B48F99676CBF93A" box="[559,671,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we either are aware of any synapomorphy within this genus. Even though no synapomorphies are shared by both species, the fact that both are virtually indistinguishable morphologically and osteologically, makes a convincing case to consider
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3814F91E7644F942" box="[371,528,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Hyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a second species of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3A78F91E77DBF942" box="[799,911,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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Although the original description of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB35835B3A4DF8F67019F89A" box="[810,1101,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scarthyla ostinodactyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
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) by Duellman and de
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB35835B38BEF8CE7619F8F1" author="Sa" box="[473,589,1840,1866]" pageId="12" pageNumber="15" refString="Duellman, W. E. &amp; de Sa, R. O. (1988) A new genus and species of South American Hylid frog with a highly modified tadpole. Tropical Zoology, 1, 117 - 136." type="journal article" year="1988">Sá (1988)</bibRefCitation>
is clear in observing the presence of an “inner tarsal fold […] on distal 2/3 of tarsus”, one of us (JMC) did not observed this character in Colombian specimens assigned to the species (see appendix). These can be due to the fact of the specimens from Colombian Amazonia also could represent
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3AACFEBA7012FEE6" box="[971,1094,324,349]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Hyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3AACFEBA7012FEE6" box="[971,1094,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and then, the only striking difference between both species would be the larval characters.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB34835A385FFE6D750CFDF6" blockId="13.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Only calls and tadpoles are enough dissimilar between the two species. Call in
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3C73FE6A752EFE6E" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A38D7FE42763FFE6E" box="[432,619,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. ostinodastyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) was described as series of 810 short, whistle-like notes, being the interval between notes of 0.3 sec, and the duration of each note 0.04 sec. The dominant frequency is at 6000 Hz (Duellman and de
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB34835A3AE4FDF577B1FD9E" author="Sa" box="[899,997,523,549]" pageId="13" pageNumber="15" refString="Duellman, W. E. &amp; de Sa, R. O. (1988) A new genus and species of South American Hylid frog with a highly modified tadpole. Tropical Zoology, 1, 117 - 136." type="journal article" year="1988">Sá 1988</bibRefCitation>
) (see the call of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3DC8FDF5717FFD9F" box="[1199,1323,523,548]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
above)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB34835A385FFDA57637FC67" blockId="13.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
The tadpole of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3890FDA57622FDCF" box="[503,630,603,628]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB34835A3A07FDA570DBFDCE" author="Mijares" box="[864,1167,603,629]" pageId="13" pageNumber="16" refString="Mijares-Urrutia, A. E. &amp; Hero, J. (1997) Los renacuajos de Hyla luteoocellata e H. vigilans (Anura: Hylidae) de Venezuela. Revista Biologia Tropical, 44 (3) / 45 (1), 585 - 592." type="journal article" year="1997">Mijares and Hero (1997)</bibRefCitation>
and Suárez-
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB34835A386FFD7D7607FD26" author="Mayorga" box="[264,595,643,669]" pageId="13" pageNumber="16" refString="Suarez-Mayorga, A. &amp; Lynch, J. (2001) Redescription of the tadpole of Hyla vigilans (Anura: Hylidae) and notes about possible taxonomic relationships. Caribbean Journal of Science, 37 (1 - 2), 116 - 119." type="journal article" year="2001">Mayorga and Lynch (2001)</bibRefCitation>
. Its principal characteristics are: larvae small (TL mean
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, maximum TL 31.5), body short, globular, anteriorly subacuminate in lateral view and rhomboidal anteriorly, rounded from above; spiracle sinistral, directed ventrolaterally, attached to body; vent tube medial; tail moderately long, compressed, distally forming a long, rounded tip; dorsal fin shallower than ventral fin, but fin shapes making tail apparently symmetrical; tail musculature weak. Oral disk small, with labial papillae prominent; labial tooth formula 2 (2) / 3 (1); jaw beaks well keratinised, finely serrated. Coloration in life with a remarkable zebra-like pattern of black or dark brown bars separated by translucent bars.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA3684AB34835A385FFC147705FAA0" blockId="13.[264,1323,284,1906]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
The tadpole of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A388FFC147622FBB8" box="[488,630,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. goinorum</emphasis>
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is quite unusual, small (TL up to
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), body elongate, twice as long as wide, abruptly terminating posteriorly, eyes large; snout rounded in profile, body shallower than wide; spiracle sinistral, short, directed dorsally; vent tube dextral, short; tail very long, acutely rounded tip, dorsal fin shallower than ventral fin, but both much shallower than in
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B05FB74768AFB18" box="[610,734,1162,1187]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, oral disk with flaplike labia with a single row of pointed serrations; labial tooth formula 2 (1+2)/ 2(1) (following
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). Beak moderately slender, V-shaped, with pointed serrations. Coloration in life, body yellowish green, tail pale green, both with brown markings.
</paragraph>
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Tadpoles of
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<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A38B1FAD776E6FAF9" box="[470,690,1321,1346]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Pseudis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxa">Pseudis paradoxa</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3BA2FAD77705FAF9" box="[709,849,1321,1346]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Pseudis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cardosoi">P. cardosoi</taxonomicName>
, and
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</emphasis>
are in overall dissimilar from those of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B5AFAAF7685FAD1" box="[573,721,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3A72FAAF77C0FAD1" box="[789,916,1361,1386]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Hyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3A72FAAF77C0FAD1" box="[789,916,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(respectively
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and
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB34835A38ABFA877605FA28" author="Kwet" box="[460,593,1401,1427]" pageId="13" pageNumber="16" refString="Kwet, A. (2000) The genus Pseudis (Anura: Pseudidae) in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, with description of a new species. Amphibia-Reptilia, 21, 39 - 55." type="journal article" year="2000">Kwet 2000</bibRefCitation>
, and
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).
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Within
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,
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A389EFA5F763DFA01" box="[505,617,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares ossified intercalary elements with
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3D28FA5F70FEFA01" box="[1103,1194,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pseudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3DDEFA5F7170FA01" box="[1209,1316,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lysapsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A386FFA37758CFA59" box="[264,472,1481,1506]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Sphaenorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3B70FA3776EEFA59" ID-CoL="YQ2" box="[535,698,1481,1506]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Aplastodiscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B70FA3776EEFA59" box="[535,698,1481,1506]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Aplastodiscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The former family
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, was recently considered as a subfamily within
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(
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B75AB34835A3D42FA0F70F3F9B0" author="Haas" box="[1061,1191,1521,1547]" pageId="13" pageNumber="16" refString="Haas, A. (2003) Phylogeny of frogs as inferred from primarily larval characters (Amphibia: Anura). Cladistics, 19, 23 - 89." type="journal article" year="2003">Haas 2003</bibRefCitation>
). Darst and Cannatella (2004) link closely
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3BE5F9E77689F989" ID-CoL="6438K" box="[642,733,1561,1586]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Pseudis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3BE5F9E77689F989" box="[642,733,1561,1586]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pseudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3A6DF9E7772EF989" ID-CoL="7D75" box="[778,890,1561,1586]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3A6DF9E7772EF989" box="[778,890,1561,1586]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on mitochondrial sequences.
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Faivovich
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A38EAF9BF759BF9E1" box="[397,463,1601,1626]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
</bibRefCitation>
corroborates that
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3A7EF9BF705FF9E1" box="[793,1035,1601,1626]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Scarthyla goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is nested with former pseudines within Hylinae.
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3B2DF99676F1F93A" ID-CoL="6438K" box="[586,677,1640,1665]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Pseudis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B2DF99676F1F93A" box="[586,677,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pseudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B83F9967702F93A" box="[740,854,1640,1665]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3B83F9967706F93A" box="[740,850,1640,1665]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Lysapsus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lysapsus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
with ossified intercalary elements, are otherwise completely dissimilar in external adult and tadpole morphology. The only external similarity between the tadpoles of
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3A7AF946702CF96A" ID-CoL="5KQCS" box="[797,1144,1720,1745]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Pseudis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="paradoxa" subSpecies="caribensis">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3A7AF946702CF96A" box="[797,1144,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pseudis paradoxa caribensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB34835A3DDDF9467531F942" ID-CoL="4V3F3" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vigilans">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3DDDF9467531F942" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Scarthyla vigilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the coloration of black transverse bands. It is outstanding the great difference between the tadpoles of both species of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3BBDF8F6771EF89A" box="[730,842,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and to date is not possible to discern the reason for that difference. In order to know if some confusion was made during the description of the tadpole of
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<emphasis id="B921EA96AB34835A3B03F8A676A2F8CA" box="[612,758,1880,1905]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. goinorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the senior author asked William E. Duellman, who explained that tapoles were raised through its metamorphosis to confirm its identity. Genetic data is required to see how close are the two species of
<taxonomicName id="4C554D07AB3783593D59FEBA70FAFEE6" ID-CoL="7D75" box="[1086,1198,324,349]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Scarthyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EA96AB3783593D59FEBA70FAFEE6" box="[1086,1198,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Scarthyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with each other and in relation with the former pseudines.
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