Morphometric and bioacoustic data on three species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) described from Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with the revalidation of Pseudopaludicola ameghini (Cope, 1887)

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Made available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:57:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Due to minute size, overall morphological similarities, scarcity of diagnostic characters after preservation, and usual sympatric or even syntopic occurrence of two or more species of Pseudopaludicola, the taxonomy of the genus is not yet a matter of consensus. Three species in the genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 were described by Cope in 1887, based on material obtained at Chapada dos Guimaraes, mid-western state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. One of these species, Pseudopaludicola ameghini, was subsequently synonymized to P. mystacalis. In this paper we present morphological and bioacoustic evidences supporting a full specific status for the three sympatric species of Pseudopaludicola described from Chapada dos Guimaraes, including Pseudopaludicola ameghini Cope, 1887.[Pansonato, Andre; Martins, Itamar Alves] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, BR-15054000 Sao Paulo, Brazil[Struessmann, Christine] Univ Fed Mato Grosso UFMT, Dept Ciencias Basicas & Prod Aim, Fac Agron Med Vet & Zootecnia, BR-78060900 Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil[Mudrek, Jessica Rhaiza] Ctr Univ Varzea Grande UNIVAG, BR-78118900 Varzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil[Martins, Itamar Alves] Universidade de Taubaté (Unitau) , Inst Basico Biociencias, Zool Lab, BR-12030180 Sao Paulo, Brazi