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SUBMITTER: Bruschi DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139387 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bruschi Daniel P DP Lucas Elaine M EM Garcia Paulo C A PC Recco-Pimentel Shirlei M SM
PloS one 20140820 8
The taxonomic status of a disjunctive population of Phyllomedusa from southern Brazil was diagnosed using molecular, chromosomal, and morphological approaches, which resulted in the recognition of a new species of the P. hypochondrialis group. Here, we describe P. rustica sp. n. from the Atlantic Forest biome, found in natural highland grassland formations on a plateau in the south of Brazil. Phylogenetic inferences placed P. rustica sp. n. in a subclade that includes P. rhodei + all the highlan ...[more]