The Dendropsophus decipiens clade is part of the Dendropsophus microcephalus group, and currently comprises four species: D. berthalutzae, D. decipiens, D. haddadi and D. oliveirai (Faivovich et al. 2005; Frost 2011). According to Faivovich et al. (2005) the phenotypic synapomorphies of this clade are the oviposition on leaves overhanging water and the presence of a posterior row of marginal papillae in the tadpoles. Dendropsophus haddadi can be found in the Coastal Atlantic Rainforest, and in the scrubby "restinga" vegetation between eastern Espírito Santo and Pernambuco states (Bastos & Pombal 1996; Amorim et al. 2009).
Scinax strigilatus (Spix, 1824) is a member of the Scinax catharinae species group that inhabits forested streams in the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil. The loss of the holotype resulted in years of nomenclatural confusion solved with the designation of a neotype and the redescription of the species by Pimenta et al. (2007). Aiming to contribute to the taxonomic status and natural history of the species, we describe herein the advertisement call of Scinax strigilatus (Fig. 1A).
According to Baldissera et al. (2004) the Rhinella crucifer group includes five recognized species: Rhinella crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1821); R. ornata (Spix, 1824); R. henseli (A. Lutz, 1924); R. abei and R. pombali (Baldissera, Caramaschi & Haddad, 2004). The distribution of this group is associated to the Atlantic Rain Forest, from Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul, adjacent areas in Minas Gerais and São Paulo, Brazil. One species also occurs in Uruguay and northeastern Argentina, in the Misiones and Corrientes provinces (Baldissera et al. 2004; Frost 2011). Thomé et al. (2010) in a phylogeographic study of the Rhinella crucifer group identified two subclades in northeastern Brazil and adjacent areas: one ranging from Bahia to Paraíba and another from Minas Gerais to Espírito Santo. Of five species belonging to the R. crucifer group, only two have described tadpoles, R. ornata and R. pombali (Heyer et al. 1990, where the tadpole described as R. crucifer represents R. ornata; Lourenço et al. 2010). Here we described the tadpole of R. crucifer from a population from southern Bahia.
The casque-headed frog Aparasphenodon brunoi is recorded for the first time in the municipalities of Ilhéus and Igrapiúna, southern region of Bahia state, northeastern Brazil. The new record of A. brunoi in the municipality of Igrapiúna, represents an increase of its known geographic distribution of approximately 150 km north from its nearest locality (airline), in municipality of Una, state of Bahia, representing now the northernmost known record for this species.
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