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2 Faculdades Integradas São Pedro (FAESA), Campus II, Laboratório de Zoologia dos Vertebrados. Rodovia Serafim Derenze, 3.115. CEP 29030-001. Xavier, 524, Maracanã. CEP 20550-011. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

otes 43 Universidade FederalEstadual de do Viçosa, Rio de Museu Janeiro, de Programa Zoologia deJoão Pós-Graduação Moojen, Vila Gianetti em Biologia/Ecologia, 32. CEP: 36570-000. Departamento Viçosa, MG, de Ecologia.Brazil. Rua São Francisco N * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Leptodactylus cupreus in the State of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. The record of Leptodactylus cupreus from municipality Santa Teresa extends in approximately We provide the 220 first km record to the of northeastern of its geographic out of its distribution type locality, and as establishes well the first the record inferior of thislimit species of 800 m in its altitudinal distribution in the Serra da Mantiqueira.

The genus Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826, is composed of Leptodactylus cupreus is recognized only from the type 81 species (Frost 2009) and presents a broad distribution in locality, Lagoa das Bromélias (20°25’ S, 43°29’ W; 1,227 m the American continent, predominantly in the Neotropical above sea level), Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, region (Ponssa 2008; Frost 2009). Recently, three new municipality of Ervália, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil species were described: Leptodactylus sertanejo Giaretta (Caramaschi et al. 2008). and Costa, 2007, Leptodactylus ajurauna Berneck, Costa, th, 2008 in and Garcia, 2008, and Leptodactylus cupreus Caramaschi, the Municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Feio, and São-Pedro, 2008. southeasternDuring a field Brazil expedition (19°57’02” on S,November 40°33’54” 13 W; 680 m Leptodactylus cupreus (Figure 1) belongs to the L. fuscus a.s.l.), four adult males were collected in a native forest, species group and is related to the L. mystaceus complex, being characterized by the large size for the group and color pattern (Caramaschi et al. 2008). Leptodactylus depositedat about 20:00 in the h, during Museu fine de rain Biologia (air temperature Prof. Mello = Leitão 25.9 cupreus has a non-pulsed advertisement call with a rate of (MBML),°C; air relative Santa humidity Teresa, state = 84 of %). Espírito The specimens Santo, Brazil were about 12 calls/s and dominant frequency between 2,800 (MBML 6844 – 6847). The specimens collected and many and 3,058 Hz (Caramaschi et al. 2008). Its call is similar others not collected individuals were found calling, hiding to the call of birds, as an example to the song of Russet- themselves in the litter leaves of the dry bed of a stream winged-Spadebill, Platyrinchus leucoryphus Wied, 1831, in this native forest. Collection permit was granted by (Tyrannidae) (Rupp 2009). Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade - ICMBio (# 15.638-1).

Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Leptodactylus cupreus: triangle, type Figure 1. Adult male of Leptodactylus cupreus (MBML 6844) from locality (Ervália, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: 20°25’ S, 43°29’ W, 1,227 m municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Photo by J. a.s.l.); dot, new record in Santa Teresa (19°57’02” S and 40°33’54” W, 680 E. Simon. m a.s.l.), state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.

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Leptodactylus cupreus out Literature Cited Caramaschi, U., R.N. Feio and V.A. São-Pedro. 2008. A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do EspíritoThis isSanto. the firstThe occurrence record of of the species extends in Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1861: approximatelyof its type locality, 220 kmand (airline) the first to record the northeastern in the state of 44-54. its previous geographic distribution and establishes the Species of the World: Version 5.1. Electronic inferior limit of 680 m a.s.l. in its altitudinal distribution in Frost,amphibia/index.html. D.R. 2009. American Museum of Natural History, New the Serra da Mantiqueira (Figure 2). The Museu de Biologia Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/ Ponssa, M.L. 2008. Cladistic analysis and osteological descriptions of Prof. Mello Leitão anuran collection contains a specimen theYork, USA. species Captured in theon 12Leptodactylus December 2009. fuscus species group (Anura, of L. cupreus (MBML 170) collected by J. P. Abravaya at Leptodactylidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, Santa Teresa, in 1972, Research 46(3): 249-266. before the formal description of the species. This specimen Guarneire. 2007. Anuran hotspots: the municipality of Santa Teresa, Leptodactylus spixi. Rödder,Espírito D., R.L.Santo, Teixeira, southeastern R.B. Ferreira, Brazil. Salamandra R.B. Dantas, 43(2): W. Pertel 91-110. and G.J. Santa Teresa is considered a world hotspot in Rupp, A. 2009. Sounds of Russet-winged Spadebill (Platyrinchus amphibianswas identified diversity as (Rödder et al. 2007). The inclusion leucoryphus) http://www. of L. cupreus in the list of species of this 2009. . Electronic Database accessible at municipality reinforces the importance of this region for wikiaves.com.br/buscasimples.php?tm=s. Captured on 14 December the conservation of endemic Atlantic Forest anurans.

Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Ednaldo Escotá, Lena Trindade, thankful to Luciano Cajaíba for the elaboration of Figure 2 and to Rogério Luizand GustavoTeixeira, MagnagoPiero A. Ruschi for the and help Rodrigo in the Lemes field works.Martins The for theauthors revision are of the manuscript. Three reviewers, Gustavo Prado, Ulisses Caramaschi : May 2009 and an anonymous, provided helpful comments on this manuscript. This : July 2010 Received : August 2010 municipality of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil (Process nº Revised : October 2010 38882558/2007).study was carried out with financial support of the FAPES/FUNCITEC, Accepted : Mara C. Kiefer Published online Editorial responsibility

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