Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, <i>Hypsiboas exastis</i> (Caramaschi and Rodrigues, 2003): Distribution extension and first record in the state of Alagoas, Brazil

Abstract

The hylid frog Hypsiboas exastis has recently been described and is only known from few locations along theAtlantic coast of northeastern Brazil. This work reports this species in an Atlantic rainforest fragment north of the SãoFrancisco River, the Coimbra forest, in the state of Alagoas. The new record expands the geographical distribution of H.exastis approximately 70 km to the northeast.