TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leal, Fernando
A1  - Zornosa-Torres, Camila
A1  - Augusto-Alves, Guilherme
A1  - Dena, Simone
A1  - Pezzuti, Tiago Leite
A1  - Leite, Felipe Sá Fortes
A1  - Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni
A1  - Garcia, Paulo
A1  - Toledo, Luís Felipe
T1  - Head in the clouds: a new dwarf frog species of the Physalaemus signifer clade (Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae) from the top of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - In an elevational gradient, the mountain top generally presents a reduced species diversity. However, it is there where we often find microendemic and quite often still undescribed species. That prediction is very common in underexplored Neotropical mountains, like those of the Caparaó National Park – a protected area that includes the highest peak of the Atlantic Forest, a megadiverse domain. Up in its top, we found a dwarf frog of the genus Physalaemus (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae), belonging to the P. signifer clade. After an integrative (morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic) analysis, we were able to describe it as a new species and found it to be sister to P. maculiventris. Due to its very restricted distribution at a site with extreme environmental conditions (which includes fires and frosts) and current instability in national environmental policy, we suggest this to be classified as an endangered species. A brief description of its natural history and the description of the species itself will now enable its proper conservation status categorization and the future planning for conservation actions.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 764:119-151 
KW  - Anura
KW  - Physalaemus araxa
KW  - species description
KW  - systematics
KW  - taxonomy
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61503
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-615030
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 764
SP  - 119
EP  - 151
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -