Description of a second species of the genus Xenohyla (Anura : Hylidae)

Authors
Caramaschi, U
Citation
U. Caramaschi, Description of a second species of the genus Xenohyla (Anura : Hylidae), AMPHIB-REPT, 19(4), 1998, pp. 377-384
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA
ISSN journal
01735373 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
377 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0173-5373(199811)19:4<377:DOASSO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The second known species of the genus Xenohyla is described from the State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from X. truncata mainly by the retention of young color pattern in adults, and by inhabiting comple tely different environment, associated to disjunct distribution and distinc t habitat.