A new record for Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Flora Ortiz; Frederico Menezes; Arthur Abegg; Emmanuel Landroz; Renato Feio

doi:10.15560/13.3.2140

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A new record for Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Flora Ortiz,
Frederico Menezes,
Arthur Abegg,
Emmanuel Landroz,
Renato Feio

Affiliations

Flora Ortiz: Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1.500, Butantã, CEP 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Frederico Menezes: Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal. Avenida P.H. Rolfs, s/nº, Campus Universitário. CEP 36571-000. Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
Arthur Abegg: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Laboratório de Biologia Evolutiva, Avenida Roraima, 1.000, Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Emmanuel Landroz: Parque Estadual Serra do Papagaio. Fazenda Santa Rita SN, CEP 37443-970, Baependi, MG, Brazil.
Renato Feio: Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Animal.Avenida P.H. Rolfs, s/nº, Campus Universitário. CEP 36571-000. Viçosa, MG, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2140
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 1 – 3

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Melanophryniscus moreirae is recorded from a fifth locality. A specimen was collected in Serra do Papagaio, municipality of Alagoa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 18 km southeast from the nearest previous record in Aiuruoca. This new record fills a gap of about 32 km in the distribution of the species, between Itamonte and Aiuruoca.

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ISSN: 1809-127X (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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