Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, <i>Phyllomedusa azurea</i> Cope, 1862: Distribution extension to southern Brazil
This note reports the presence of Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 in municipality of Água Doce, state of SantaCatarina, southern Brazil, extending ca. 690 Km to the south the known distribution of this species. If we consider the widedistribution of P. azurea and the morphologic differences between s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Check List |
| Online Access: | http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?NGD097-09 |
| Summary: | This note reports the presence of Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 in municipality of Água Doce, state of SantaCatarina, southern Brazil, extending ca. 690 Km to the south the known distribution of this species. If we consider the widedistribution of P. azurea and the morphologic differences between specimens from northern and southern populations, it ispossible that it could be in reality a species complex. |
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| ISSN: | 1809-127X |