Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862: distribution extension to southern Brazil

Elaine Lucas; Vanessa Fortes; Paulo Garcia

doi:10.15560/6.1.164

Check List 6(1): 164-166, doi: 10.15560/6.1.164

Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862: distribution extension to southern Brazil

Elaine M. Lucas, Vanessa B. Fortes, Paulo C. A. Garcia

Corresponding author: Elaine Lucas ( elaine.lucasg@gmail.com )

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Citation: Lucas E, Fortes V, Garcia P (2010) Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862: distribution extension to southern Brazil. Check List 6(1): 164-166. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.1.164

Abstract

This note reports the presence of Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 in municipality of Água Doce, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, extending ca. 690 Km to the south the known distribution of this species. If we consider the wide distribution of P. azurea and the morphologic differences between specimens from northern and southern populations, it is possible that it could be in reality a species complex.

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