Comprehensive Description
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Eleutherodactylus guentheri (Steindachner)
Hylodes guentheri Steindachner, 1864:246, pl. 17: figs. 1, la. [Type locality: “Brasil, Rio dos Macacos.” Holotype: Vienna 16515, juvenile.]
Hylodes henselii Peters, 1870:648. [Holotype lost; neotype established herein, p. 00: Vienna 16515, juvenile.
Elosia divisa Wandolleck, 1907:4, table 1, figs. 7, 7a. [Type locality: “Petrópolis, Brasil.” Holotype: Presumably destroyed, formerly in Königlichen Zoologischen Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden.]
DIAGNOSIS.—Almost all individuals of E. guentheri have uniform or indistinctly mottled posterior surface of the thigh patterns. E. erythromerus have light areas on the posterior thighs next to the knee joint (pattern B in Figure 11) and E. nasutus have boldly mottled thigh patterns. The posterior thigh is red in life in E. erythromerus; there is no thigh flash color in life in E. guentheri. The head is broader in E. guentheri than in E. nasutus (Table 20). Many individual E. guentheri have an interrupted or complete dark stripe on the outer tibia (patterns B and C in Figure 10); no E. epipedus or gualteri have a dark outer tibial stripe. The body is more gracile in E. guentheri, more robust in E. epipedus and gualteri. Eleutherodactylus guentheri most closely resembles E. oeus. At the site of sympatry, guentheri differs most notably from E. oeus in size (SVL in male E. guentheri 28.0–30.5 mm, in male oeus 17.1–18.8 mm at Santa Teresa).
ADULT SPECIMEN DEFINITION.—Dorsal pattern uniform or mottled (patterns A-1–A-11 in Figure 1), or with dorsoconcolor (patterns B–1 and B–2 in Figure 1) or wavy line morph (pattern C in Figure 1); most individuals with light mid-dorsal pin stripes (patterns A-F in Figure 2); some individuals with a broad, light mid-dorsal stripe; a few individuals with light dorsolateral stripes; many individuals with light snouts (patterns A and B in Figure 4); many individuals with light interocular bars (patterns A and B in Figure 5); most individuals (80%) with an interrupted or complete dark stripe on the outer tibia (patterns B and C in Figure 10); posterior surface of the thigh pattern uniform or indistinctly mottled, very rarely boldly mottled or with a light area next to the knee region; no flash colors in life, dorsum brown or rich red brown, dorsal spots, if present, white or green, throat white, belly and under legs yellow, iris green dorsally, blending into bronze just above the pupil, then blending into brown, or pale yellow above blending to copper or entire iris copper; SVL measurement, males 16.4–32.3 mm, females 26.4–49.5 mm; moderate head width (Table 20); hind limbs relatively long (Table 20).
ADVERTISEMENT CALL.—Call duration 1.10–1.75 s; calls given sporadically; calls beginning quietly, ending loudly; 19–28 notes per call, given at a rate of 16–17 notes per second; note duration short, about 0.01 s; dominant (apparently, in this case, the same as the fundamental) frequency between 1900–2900 Hz; notes with weak harmonic structure (N = 3, Figure 22).
DISTRIBUTION.—Southeastern Brazil from the States of Espirito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul (Figure 23).
ESPIRITO SANTO. Santa Teresa (EI 7322, 7324–7325).
MINAS GERAIS. Mariana (MZUSP 912).
PARANA. Banhado (USNM 123896, 125507); Rio Cubatão, Baia de Guaratuba (MZUSP 15788, 23565); São João da Graciosa, 9–16 km W (MZUSP 59668–59669, USNM 235721, 235722); Serra de Araraquara (MNRio 1781 [5], 1793[26], USNM 149451–149454); Volta Grande (USNM 125506).
RIO DE JANEIRO. Angra dos Reis (Al 786–798, 819, 819a, 1472–1478, 2752, USNM 70583–70586, 96505–96518); Coronel Cardoso, Mun. Valença (EI 2540–2541); Correias (MNRio 2036); Guapi, Alcindo Guanabara (AL 3011–3016); Ilha Grande (MNRio 2200); Itatiaia (EI 914, L 76–78, MZUSP 7756–7758); Itatiaia, Maromba (L 70, MZUSP 4115, 4116, 4118, 4123, 4126, 13634); Leopoldina (MNRio 2014); Nova Friburgo (AL 2708–2711, 2713–2714, MZUSP 282); Palmeiras (AL 485); Parati (MNRio 2021 [3], 2464[8]); Petrópolis (AL 1695, 2804–2813, 4154, EI 716–717, 1306, 2542–2543, L 81–105, USNM 97646–97647); Rio de Janeiro (MZUSP 20856–20858, 20898, USNM 96383–96385); Sernambetiba, Recreio dos Bandeirantes (AL 2728–2731); Serra da Estrella (L 45, USNM 97232–97233); Serra de Macaé (MZUSP 171, 173, 517, 528, 531, 535); Serra do Peral (MNRio 2306); Serra Mambucaba (MNRio 2211, 2310); Sumaré (USNM 70587); Teresópolis (EI 2535–2536, L 20, 46–48, 71, 106–108, 111–115, 117–118, 120–127, 133, 148–153, 160–163, MNRio 2425, MZUSP 384, 392, 398, USNM 97680, 97724–97725, 235629); Tijuca (L 68–69, MNRio 1843, USNM 12999, 13300–13301, 96276–96283, 96285–96296, 97404–97414, WCAB 25362–25434); Tinguá (MNRio 1487, 2281[5], 2285[3], 2974[5], MZUSP 486).
RIO GRANDE DO SUL. Cambará do Sul (MCN-AN 9955), Canela-Caracol (MCN-AN 8356), São Francisco de Paula (MCN-AN 7586, 7588, 7599–7601, 8024–8025).
SANTA CATARINA. Blumenau (MZUSP 1054); Campo Alegre, 3 km W (MZUSP 59670, Ibirama (MZUSP 512, 1836–1838); Novo Horizonte (MZUSP 35059–35087); Pirabeiraba (MZUSP 59671–59682, USNM 235723–235733); Queçaba (USNM 137696–137705); Rio Novo, Humboldt (= Corupá) (USNM 132380); Sta. Luzia (AL 2961 [2]); São Bento do Sul (AL 1864–1868, L 143–144, USNM 97173).
SÃO PAULO. Boracéia (MZUSP 23698–23703, 23705–23744, 23749–23754, 37806, USNM 235630–235698); Campo Grande da Serra (MZUSP 98, 106); Campos do Jordão (EI 809, MZUSP 86, 1293, 2749–2751, WCAB 34354–34372, 37726–37730, 45350–45354); Capivari (MZUSP 60, 1816); Caraguatatuba (MZUSP 23962); Casa Grande (MZUSP 37326); Cidade Azul (MZUSP 14942–14945, 14948, 14950–14954, 14957–14958); Cidade Jardim (AL 2658, 2670, 2672); Cubatão (AL 384–387, 389, 390[10], 715–717, 1290–1300, 1301[3], 1302–1308, 1309[2], 3351–3356, 4061–4069, MZUSP 10020, 10179–10180, 10310–10317, 10371, USNM 96805, 97819–97822, 97823[5], 97824, 97856–97857, 123899, 196318, WCAB 45771–45773); Eugenio Lefevre (MZUSP 11329, 53181–53186, 59648–59650, USNM 235717–235719); Fazenda do Veado, Serra da Bocaina (MZUSP 59651–59667, USNM 235699–235716); Ilha de São Sebastião (MZUSP 8811, 8991–8993, 9971, 23543, USNM 235720); Itanhaem (MZUSP 1839, 1841, 1843–1844, 1848); Itapercerica da Serra (MZUSP 23433); Paranapiacaba (L 44, MNRio 3867[5], MZUSP 319, 409–410, 412, 418, 421, 472, 1093, 1437, 1823, 1826, 1828–1830, 1832–1833, 8843–8848, 9016–9020, 9022, 9632–9633, 10598–10601, 10624–10626, 10651–10652, 10780–10782, 10944, 10992, 11015, 11268–11272, 13939, 13941–13945, 13947–13949, 13951, 13955–13956, 13958, WCAB 12223–12224); Piassaguera (MZUSP 342, 10702); Piedade (MZUSP 2280–2281, 23309); Piquete (MZUSP 51, 1297); São Paulo (MZUSP 579, 910, 1062, 1849, 2660–2662, 2666, 2674–2675, 2677–2680, 2734, 2973, 3309, 3311–3314, 3316, 3450, 3452, 3456–3457, 3459, 3462, 3465–3467, 3469, 3471–3472, 3474, 3476–3478, 3483, 3533, 3748–3751, 3753–3782, 3784–3785, 3788–3791, 3794–3795, 3797, 3799–3805, 3807–3808, 9323–9324, 9596, 9606–9607, 10569–10576, 23307–23308, 23537–23538, 23545–23547, USNM 129160–129162); Serra da Bocaina (AL 2079–2083, MNRio 2680, MZUSP 1073–1074, 1851–1854, 1856–1857, 23462–23463, 53060–53074, 53076–53095, USNM 102310–102311, WCAB 31116–31139); Serra da Bocaina, Bonito (AL 910–915, 2318–2323, L 6–9, 142, USNM 96724–96727); Serra da Bocaina, Corrego do Pinheiro (L 42–43); Serra da Bocaina, Garrafas (MNRio 2120); Serra da Bocaina, Mambucaba (L 156); Serra da Bocaina, descida da Ponte Alta (L 141); Serra da Bocaina, Posto de Biologia, Mun. Bananal (El 1179–1181, 1229); Serra da Cantareira (L 16–19).
- bibliographic citation
- Heyer, W. Ronald. 1984. "Variation, systematics, and zoogeography of Eleutherodactylus guentheri and closely related species (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-42. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.402