Herpetology Notes, volume 10: 235-236 (2017) (published online on 20 May 2017)

New records for fuscomarginatus Lutz, 1925 (Anura: ) from Sergipe,

Izabel Regina Soares da Silva1, Daniel Oliveira Santana1, Stéphanie Menezes Rocha1 and Renato Gomes Faria2

The family Hylidae (Rafinesque, 1985) consists of 698 The specimen was collected and fixed in 10% formalin species. The treefrogs of this family are distributed in the and preserved in 70% alcohol, and deposited at the Americas, the West Indies, the Australo-Papuan region, Herpetological Collection of the Universidade Federal temperate Eurasia, including extreme northern Africa de Sergipe (CHUFS - Voucher C00089). This location and the Japanese archipelago (Frost, 2017). Within the is the first record of the species in the state of Sergipe, neotropical Hylidae, the genus Scinax (Wagler, 1980) and aims to confirm the occurrence of the same to the is probably one of the taxonomically most troublesome state, filling the distribution gap between the states of taxa (Barrio-Amorós, Orellana and Chacón, 2004). Bahia and Alagoas. Scinax fuscomarginatus is a member of the Scinax ruber species group (Faivovich, 2002; Faivovich et Acknowledgments. We thank the Secretaria de Meio Ambiente e al. 2005). It has an elongated body with about 2.0 to Recursos Hídricos – SEMARH/SE and Universidade Federal de 2.5 cm in SVL with yellowish dorsal coloration, two Sergipe for logistic. Collection permits were granted by Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis wide longitudinal darker bands (Bastos et al 2003; – IBAMA (permit # 14452-2). Freitas and Silva, 2004; Freitas, 2011), and light belly (Bastos et al, 2003). Scinax fuscomarginatus (Figure 1) References is commonly found swamp habitats or in the vicinity of lakes (Haddad, Toledo and Prado, 2008). In Brazil, Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Orellana, A., Chacón, A. (2004): A neZ species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Andes of . its distribution was initially described to be restricted Journal of Herpetology 38: 105 – 112. to the and regions. However, it has Bastos, R.P., Motta, J.A.O., Lima, L.P., Guimarães, L.D. (2003): subsequently been recorded from several localities in Anfíbios da Floresta Nacional de Silvânia, Estado de Goiás. the and Caatinga of northeastern Brazil Stylo Gráfica e Editora. (Leite Jr. et al., 2008).

The male individual was found vocalizing on the bushes at the edge of the water body during field expedition to the municipality of Capela, Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil (-10.31723 -37.03655 S and W, elevation 196 m above sea level, Datum SAD-69) on 18 June 2011 (Figure 2).

1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, CEP 58059-900, João Pessoa, Brasil. 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Rod. Rondon s/nº, CEP 49100-00, São Cristóvão - SE, Brasil. Figure 1. Male individual of Scinax fuscomarginatus, found in * Corresponding author e-mail: izabelrsds@gmail the city of Capela, Sergipe, Brazil. 236 Izabel Regina Soares da Silva et al.

Figure 2. Map of distribution of Scinax fuscomarginatus with new point for the city of Capela, Sergipe, Brazil.

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