New species of beaked toad, Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae), from the State of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

A new species of beaked toad, Rhinella, is described from Itacaré (14°17'S, 38°60'W; 13 m altitude), State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. Rhinella skuki sp. nov. is related to R. boulengeri and distinguished by the size small (SVL 26.2 mm in male); head longer than wide; snout, viewed from above, long, narrow, spatulate, with lateral borders parallel and rounded tip; in profile, long, strongly acute; parotoid glands large, rounded; tympanum concealed; dorsum rugose, with rounded tubercles uniformly distributed; vocal sac and vocal slits absent; fingers slender, not webbed nor ridged; first finger hypertrophied, with a rounded nuptial pad on the inner surface; toes slender, slightly fringed; webbing absent; ground color of dorsal surfaces dark brownish gray with an interorbital bar and dorsolateral blotches clear brownish gray, leaving an apparent pattern of arrows on dorsum; venter and ventral surfaces of arms and thighs cream with diffuse gray stains and dots; gular region and chest dark brownish gray

The generic position of Rhinella skuki Caramaschi, 2012 (Anura, Bufonidae)

“…Rhinella skuki, as originally proposed, is morphologically very close to the current Dendrophryniscus proboscideus and, based on overall similarity, I here propose the transference of R. skuki to the genus Dendrophryniscus Jiménez-de-la Espada, in the new combination Dendrophryniscus skuki (Caramaschi, 2012).…”

“…The beaked toad Rhinella skuki was described by Caramaschi (2012) based on a specimen from Itacaré (14 o 17'S, 38 o 60'W; 13 m a.s.l. ), in the Atlantic Forest of southern State of Bahia, Brazil.…”