Hylodes uai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylodidae
Genus: Hylodes
Species:
H. uai
Binomial name
Hylodes uai
Nascimento, Pombal, and Haddad, 2001[2]

Hylodes uai is a species of frog in the family Hylodidae.[3] It is endemic to the Espinhaço Mountains in the Minas Gerais state, Brazil, where it is known from the Mangabeiras Park in Belo Horizonte, and another location on the southern end of the Espinhaço Mountains.[4] It is the most-inland species of the genus.[5]

Etymology

The specific name uai is a common interjection of surprise and astonishment used by the people from Minas Gerais.[2]

Description

Males measure 31–34 mm (1.2–1.3 in) and females 36–38 mm (1.4–1.5 in) in snout–vent length. Body is moderately slender; head is longer than wide, and snout is round in dorsal view and protruding in lateral view. Dorsum and limbs are dark brown with small irregular dots brown and black. There is a silver creamish stripe running from below eye and tympanum to shoulder, and light brown lateral fold from posterior corner of the eye to the groin. Iris is copper coloured.[2]

Reproduction

Male advertisement calls consist of four whistle notes or three to four whistles plus a squeaky note. Calls are given sporadically but throughout the year. Males call from shaded places on rocks or rock crevices and appear territorial.[2]

Tadpoles develop in small rivers and are most commonly found under stones. Young tadpoles have been collected throughout year, suggesting that reproductive activity is continuous and prolonged. Largest tadpoles measure 26 mm (1.0 in) in body length and 77 mm (3.0 in) in total length.[5]

Habitat and conservation

The species' natural habitat is the margins of small streams in secondary gallery forest.[1] They are active by day.[2]

Hylodes uai is a common species within its small known range but potentially threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Bruno Pimenta (2010). "Hylodes uai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T57102A11578594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T57102A11578594.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Nascimento, L. B.; Pombal Jr, J. P.; Haddad, C. L. F. B. (2001). "A new frog of the genus Hylodes (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil". Journal of Zoology. 254 (4): 421–428. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000917.
  3. ↑ Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Hylodes uai Nascimento, Pombal, and Haddad, 2001". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hylodes uai Nascimento, Pombal, and Haddad, 2001". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 Fatorelli, P.; Pereira, E. G.; Almeida-Gomes, M.; Rocha, C. F. D. (2015). "Population dynamics of Hylodes uai tadpoles (Anura, Hylodidae) in a tropical forest stream, southeastern Brazil". Journal of Herpetology. 49: 23–27. doi:10.1670/12-192. S2CID 83735882.
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