A new species of the Dendropsophus decipiens Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Northeastern Brazil

PLoS One. 2021 Jul 14;16(7):e0248112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248112. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

We describe a new species of the Dendropsophus decipiens Group, morphologically most resembling D. haddadi but genetically more closely related to D. oliveirai and likely endemic from the Atlantic Forest biome, northeastern Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from all species of the D. decipiens Group based on the combination of morphological features, advertisement call and phylogenetic position based on mitochondrial DNA gene sequences. The new species emits simple calls in series of 3-9 notes, each with 9-29 pulses, and dominant frequency varying from 5578-6422 Hz, and exhibit a minimum of 8% genetic distance (16S mitochondrial gene) in comparison to its congeners. The new taxa represent the sixth species of the D. decipiens Group, which likely harbors more undescribed taxa, corroborating the view that Neotropical species richness is fairly underestimated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anura*
  • Brazil
  • Forests
  • Phylogeny
  • Vocalization, Animal

Grants and funding

This study was financed in part by the Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco (FACEPE), grant no. IBPG-0074 2.05/18 to RFO. Funding was provided to FMM by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) grant no. 140649/2015-8, and to BFVT by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) grant no. 001. AAG financial support by CNPq (#300903/2015-4 and #446935/2014-0). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.