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Hyalinobatrachium dianae Kubicki, Salazar & Puschendorf, 2015, sp. nov.

Authors: Kubicki, Brian; Salazar, Stanley; Puschendorf, Robert;

Hyalinobatrachium dianae Kubicki, Salazar & Puschendorf, 2015, sp. nov.

Abstract

Hyalinobatrachium dianae sp. nov. Diane’s bare-hearted glassfrog / rana de vidrio de Diane (Fig. 1) Holotype. UCR 22038, an adult male from Costa Rica: Provincia de Heredia: Cantón de Sarapiquí: Distrito de Horquetas: approximately 4km west of Santa Clara, ca. 400 m a.s.l. (N 10.219, W 83.949), obtained by Brian Kubicki and Stanley Salazar on 13 October 2013. Paratopotypes. UCR 22037, adult female, same data as the holotype; UCR 22034, adult male, same data as the holotype but obtained by Stanley Salazar on 18 November 2013. Paratypes. UCR 22033, an adult male from Costa Rica: Provincia de Limón: Cantón de Turrialba: Distrito de Chirripo: headwaters of Quebrada Surubre, ca. 900 m a.s.l. (N 9.973, W 83.392), obtained by Norberto Solano on 1 August 2012. UCR 22035–36, two adult males from Costa Rica: Provincia Limón: Cantón de Limón: Distrito Río Blanco: head waters of Río Victoria, ca. 400 m a.s.l. (N 9.915, W 83.188), obtained by Stanley Salazar on 22 November 2013. Generic Placement. We assign this new species to the genus Hyalinobatrachium due to the combination of the following characteristics that are outlined as diagnostics for members of this genus (Guayasamin et al. 2009): (1) humeral spine absent in adult males; (2) digestive tract and bulbous liver covered in white iridophores; (3) parietal peritoneum transparent, allowing viscera to be fully visible when viewed ventrally; (4) white bones in life; (5) dorsal coloration in preservative cream; (6) lacking vomerine teeth and dentigerous process of the vomer; (7) adult males typically seen calling from the underside of the foliage; (8) egg masses deposited in a single layer on the inferior surface of leaves. Diagnosis. Herein we follow the standardized character states for diagnosing centrolenids presented by Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid (2007). The combination of the following characteristics can be used to distinguish Hyalinobatrachium dianae from other members of the family Centrolenidae: (1) lack of vomerine teeth and dentigerous process of the vomer; (2) snout truncate in dorsal and lateral views; (3) tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus indistinct, covered in skin and indiscernible in color and texture from adjacent surfaces; (4) skin on dorsal surfaces of limbs, body and head granular, slightly increased granular texture on body (Fig. 2 A); (5) ventral skin of thighs and body slightly granular, with most pronounced granulation on abdomen; chin and ventral surfaces of the arms and lower legs are smooth; subcloacal skin containing a concentration of weakly enameled smooth tubercles, lacking large subcloacal tubercles or folds; (6) parietal and cardial peritonea transparent; urinary bladder transparent; hepatic and gastrointestinal peritonea containing iridophores; gallbladder transparent yellowish green in living specimens (Fig. 2 B); (7) liver bulbous; (8) adult males lack humeral projection; (9) lacking webbing between fingers I and II, basal webbing present between fingers II and III, moderate webbing between fingers III and IV, III 2 -–2+ IV (Fig. 3 A); (10) toe webbing I 1 3/4–2 II 1 1/4–2+ III 1 1/2–2 3/4 IV 2 1/2–1 1/ 2 V (Fig. 3 B); (11) a very weak white fleshy fringe extends from the elbow along the ventrolateral margin of forearm and Finger IV to the base of the disc; a very weak white fleshy fringe is present on the lower leg, originating at the heel and extending along the ventrolateral margin of tarsus, metatarsus, and to the base of Toe V; (12) nuptial excrescence (type V) present as a small cluster of minute glandular granules on the basal to medial dorsolateral edge of Finger I; prepollex not enlarged and prepollical spine not protruding; (13) Finger I longer than Finger II when measured from the corresponding distal margin of the palmar tubercle to the digit tip; (14) diameter of eye roughly twice the width of disc on Finger III; (15) living individuals have uniform lime green dorsal surfaces, lacking any evident light or dark spots; a dark oblong spherical structure under the skin of the lower back; bones white in life; (16) preserved specimens have a uniform cream-yellow dorsal coloration, with numerous minute dark star-like melanophores present throughout; bones white in preserved specimens; (17) iris coloration in life: silverywhite with fine dark spots or reticulation that become more concentrated directly surrounding the horizontally elliptical pupil; iris coloration in preservative: similar to that in life with a silvery white background and contrasting dark purplish spots or reticulation; (18) digits of hands and feet uniformly yellow, with the exception of the dorsal surfaces of toes IV and V which have a mixture of pigmention typical of the adjacent dorsal surface of the metatarsus; melanophores absent on the digits of hands and toes I, II, and III; (19) males have been observed calling from the undersurfaces of leaves; advertisement call is a single tonal note, a long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity; note duration 0.40– 0.55 s (average 0.501 s), dominant frequency 3.35–3.44 kHz (average 3.39 kHz) (N=9); (20) egg masses have been observed on the underside of the leaves, in a single layer; clutch size 31– 68 eggs (N = 9); early-staged embryos are greenish-yellow; males have been observed attending eggs during the night; (21) SVL in adult males 28.5–29.4 mm (N = 5), adult female 28.0 mm (N = 1). Combat behavior and tadpoles are unknown for the new species. Comparisons. Due to their small size, potential inter/intrapopulational variation, and general lack of evident morphological characters, especially when examining preserved specimens, some members of the genus Hyalinobatrachium present difficulty when it comes to making interspecific comparisons based solely on their morphology. This difficulty in discerning some Hyalinobatrachium species based solely on morphological characters has been noted by previous authors as well, and resulted in their use of an integrative taxonomy approach that employs a combination of morphological characters, advertisement calls, and phylogenetic relationships to define the different species addressed in their taxonomic studies (Castroviejo-Fisher et al. 2009; 2011; Twomey et al. 2014). Herein we will also be utilizing an integrative comparative approach where we look at aspects involving morphological and bioacoustic characteristics, in addition to COI DNA sequences. Being that the new species is only known to occur in Costa Rica, our comparisons are narrowed down to congeners native to Central America, the Magdalena and Cauca river valleys of Colombia, and the Chocó biogeographical region of western Colombia and Ecuador. Additionally, being that our studies have shown H. dianae to have the closest relation to H. chirripoi and H. colymbiphyllum we have included in our comparisons two species that are not native to the above-mentioned regions. The two additional species that we included morphological and bioacustic comparisons are H. anachoretus and H. pellucidum, both of which occur east of the Andes and were shown to have a close relation to both H. chirripoi and H. colymbiphyllum according to the phylogeny presented by Twomey et al. (2014). We did not include any genetic comparison to H. anachoretus and H. pellucidum being that COI sequences are not available for these two species. Contrasting characteristics for H. dianae are presented in parentheses. Hyalinobatrachium anachoretus Twomey et al., 2014 has yellow spots on the dorsum (lacking yellow spots); advertisement call lasting 0.32– 0.37 s, containing 5–6 distinct pulses, and having a dominant frequency of 4.67–4.8 kHz (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s]), a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum (Barrera-Rodríguez & Ruiz-Carranza, 1989) has distinct large yellow spots on the dorsum that become white in preservative (lacking yellow spots); the advertisement call of H. aureoguttatum is unavailable for comparison. Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958) has substantial webbing between fingers II–III and III–IV (Kubicki 2004; 2007) (substantial webbing being found only between fingers III–IV), light yellow spots in the dorsal skin (lacking any light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, Fig. 4), the advertisement call of H. chirripoi is a rapid high-pitched trill, comprised of numerous individual pulses, a single examined advertisement call of a male H. chirripoi from a tributary of Río Banano, Limón Province, Costa Rica, 80 m a.s.l. had a total duration of 0.285 seconds, a dominant frequency of 4.3 kHz, and 18 individual pulses (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum (Taylor, 1949) has light yellow spots in the dorsal skin (lacking any light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, Fig. 4), the advertisement call of H. colymbiphyllum is a high-pitched trill comprised of numerous distinct pulses, single advertisement calls from two males of H. colymbiphyllum from two different locations within Costa Rica were examined for this study. The first call is from a male near the Santa Elena Reserve in Tilarán, Guanacaste Province, 1550 masl. This call had a total duration of 0.628 seconds, a dominant frequency of 4.0 kHz, and 13 distinct pulses. The second H. colymbiphyllum advertisement call is from a male near Rincón de Osa, Puntarenas Province, 40 masl. This call had a total duration of 0.32 seconds, a dominant frequency of 4.6 kHz, and 9 distinct pulses (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893) differs by having light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, and a pericardial sac containing iridophores, (lacking light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, and having a transparent pericardial sac); the advertisement call of H. fleischmanni differs from that of H. dianae by being a rapid highpitched rising whistle. A single examined advertisement call of H. fleischmanni from a small stream near Santa Elena, Herédia Province, Costa Rica, 1400 masl, which is located approximately 10 km straight line distance from the type locality for H. fleischmanni of San José, Costa Rica, had a total duration of 0.17 seconds, a dominant frequency of 4.1 kHz, and lacking a pulsed intensity (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum (Lynch & Duellman, 1973), according to Wen et al. (2012) has a single tonal note advertisement call, with each note lasting 0.12– 0.15 s in duration, and having a dominate frequency of 4.86–5.41 kHz (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium talamancae (Taylor, 1952) has light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, and a distinct green mid-dorsal stripe (Kubicki 2006; 2007) (lacking both light yellow spots in the dorsal skin and a distinct green mid-dorsal line); Hyalinobatrachium talamancae produces a long whistle-like advertisement call, consisting of a single non-pulsed note. A single examined advertisement call of H. talamancae from a small stream near Guayacán de Siquirres, Limón Province, Costa Rica, 500 masl, had a total duration of 0.3 s, and a dominant frequency of 4.9 kHz (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium valerioi (Dunn, 1931) has a green reticulation of the dorsal skin, and a fully to partially white pigmented pericardial sac (lacking a green reticulation of the dorsal skin, and pericardial sac completely lacking white iridophores); Hyalinobatrachium valerioi produces a short “peep” advertisement call. A single examined advertisement call of H. valerioi from a small stream near Guayacán de Siquirres, Limón Province, Costa Rica, 300 m a.s.l., had a total duration of 0.05 s, and a dominant frequency of 7.5 kHz (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum (Starrett & Savage, 1973) has light yellow spots in the dorsal skin, and a distinct green mid-dorsal line bordered on both sides by yellow paravertebral stripes (lacking both light yellow spots in the dorsal skin and a distinct green mid-dorsal line bordered on both sides by yellow paravertebral stripes); Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum produces a long whistle-like advertisement call, consisting of a single non-pulsed note. A single examined advertisement call of H. vireovittatum from a small stream northwest of Palmar Norte, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, 550 masl, had a total duration of 0.264 s, and a dominant frequency of 4.6 kHz (total duration of 0.40– 0.55 s [average 0.501 s], a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note with a very rapid but weakly pulsed intensity, lacking distinct pulses, and a dominant frequency of 3.35–3.44 kHz [average 3.39 kHz]). Description of holotype. Adult male having a SVL of 28.5 mm. Head slightly wider than body, with greatest width just posterior to the articulation of the jaws; upper lip round in dorsal outline, not flared; snout raised anterodorsally, truncate in dorsal outline and profile; snout short with nearly terminal protuberant nostrils directed laterally; internarial area concave. Eyes large and directed forward. Top of head flat; canthus rostralis distinct; intercanthal area slightly concave, loreal region slightly concave. Skin on all dorsal and lateral surfaces of head moderately granular; tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus indistinct, covered in skin. A weak but discernible supratympanic fold is present. Upper surfaces of body and limbs granular. Flanks smooth to weakly granular, especially along the anterior flank region; skin on the chin smooth. Skin of the chest, ventral surfaces of the body, and thighs weakly granular; skin of the groin and ventral surfaces of the arms and lower legs nearly smooth. Arms short, with forearm slightly enlarged; humeral spine absent; no distinct transverse dermal fold on wrist; a very weak white fleshy fringe extends from the elbow along the ventrolateral margin of forearm, metacarpus, and Finger IV to the base of the disc. Hands are large (HaL 8.9 mm, 31.2% of SVL); fingers moderately long and robust with weak lateral fringes; discs on fingers truncate. Discs on fingers I, III, and IV nearly equal in width; disc on Finger I (1.6 mm) minutely wider than discs on fingers III and IV; disc on Finger II narrowest (1.3 mm). Nuptial excrescence (type V), which is present as a small cluster of minute glandular granules on the basal to medial dorsolateral edge of Finger I; prepollex not enlarged and prepollical spine not protruding. Subarticular tubercles on fingers III and IV indistinct. Subarticular tubercles on fingers I and II distinct, round and slightly raised; supernumerary tubercles on the proximal side of subarticular tubercles on fingers I and II distinct, round and slightly raised. Other supernumerary tubercles indistinct; accessory palmar tubercles very weak to indistinct; thenar and palmar tubercles poorly developed, thenar ovoid and palmar round. Webbing absent between fingers I–II and basal between fingers II–III; moderate webbing found between fingers III–IV, reaching the proximal margin of the distal subarticular tubercle on Finger III and the distal margin of the subarticular tubercle on Finger IV. Webbing formula for between fingers III and IV: III 2 -–2+ IV. Finger lengths radiating from corresponding margin of palmar tubercle to the digit tip: Finger I (4.9 mm), Finger II (4.1 mm), Finger III (6.9 mm), and Finger IV (5.9 mm); relative lengths of fingers II

Published as part of Kubicki, Brian, Salazar, Stanley & Puschendorf, Robert, 2015, A new species of glassfrog, genus Hyalinobatrachium (Anura: Centrolenidae), from the Caribbean foothills of Costa Rica, pp. 69-84 in Zootaxa 3920 (1) on pages 71-82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/287911

Keywords

Amphibia, Hyalinobatrachium, Centrolenidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Anura, Chordata, Hyalinobatrachium dianae, Taxonomy

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