A new species of Megaelosia is described from the Atlantic Forest in the northern part of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Based on examination of topotypic specimens of Megaelosia massarti, this ...species is removed from the synonymy of M. goeldii. Tadpoles of M. lutzae and M. massarti are described and natural history observations of M. massarti and M. goeldii are reported. Diagnoses, measurements, figures, distributional data, and a key for the species of Megaelosia are provided.
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Three new frogs of the genus Hyla from the Plateau of Maracás, central Bahia, Brazil, are described: H. camposseabrai, distinguished by a small head and elongate body; H. novaisi, closely related to ...H. senicula; and H. eurydice, belonging to the H. rubra group, and related to H. trachythorax. Males of all three new forms were observed calling.
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A new species, Hyla nahdereri, is described from the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A member of the group including H. marmorata and H. senicula, the form is distinguished by its relatively large ...size, its different coloring, less extensive webbing, and very pustular skin.
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A new species of Eleutherodactylus is described from the Tijuca Mountains. A medium-sized Eleutherodactylus belonging to the guentheri group has short hind limbs, rugose dorsal skin, prominent ...nostrils, and slightly enlarged tips of the fingers and toes, and is characterized by red eyes, each with a black vertical bar through the middle, making it very different from all other species of Eleutherodactylus from southeastern Brazil.
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