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The genus Vitreorana Guayasamin, Castroviejo-
Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, Vilà (2009) is
composed of ten species (Frost, 2016), commonly
known as glassfrogs. Five species occur in the Atlantic
Forest of Brazil and Argentina: Vitreorana eurygnatha
(Lutz, 1925), Vitreorana parvula (Boulenger, 1895),
Vitreorana uranoscopa (Muller, 1924), Vitreorana
baliomma Pontes, Caramaschi and Pombal Jr., 2014,
and Vitreorana franciscana (Pontes et al., 2014;
Santana et al., 2015). Vitreorana baliomma is a small
glassfrog (SVL 16.4–21.2 mm, N = 16) that occurs in
ombrophilous formations in the Northeastern portion of
the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, in the municipalities
of Areia Branca, state of Sergipe, and Itamaraju (type
locality) and Itapebi, state of Bahia (Gouveia et al.,
2012; Pontes et al., 2014; Frost, 2016). It differs from
the other Vitreorana species of the Atlantic Forest by
having a thin layer of iridophores covering the stomach
and intestines; rudimentary nuptial excrescences
formed by glands on the dorsomedial surface of finger
I (in males), with some accessorial glands along its
periphery; kidneys, urinary bladder, and testes lacking
iridophores layer; and iris pattern flecked by lavender
star-shape melanophores (Pontes et al., 2014).
During a review of Vitreorana specimens housed
at Coleção de Anfíbios of Museu de Zoologia João
Moojen, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa,
Minas Gerais state, Brazil, we found a lot with three
specimens (MZUFV 5437, 5438, 5439; 18.07 mm,
17.43 mm, 16.76 mm, respectively) that conform to the
description of V. baliomma (Pontes et al., 2014) (Figure
1). The specimens were collected by R. N. Feio and
U. Caramaschi at Fazenda Limoeiro, municipality of
Almenara (-16.0555°S, -40.8359°W; Datum WGS 84;
620 m a.s.l.), Jequitinhonha River valley (Figure 2), on
13 to 16 January, 2004.
This record confirms the presence of Vitreorana
baliomma in the state of Minas Gerais, and extends the
distribution of the species about 129 km east from the
nearest known locality at municipality of Itapebi, Bahia
(Pontes et al., 2014). The historic presence of continuous
forests (currently fragmented) in the Jequitinhonha
River valley can explain the occurrence of this species
in inner areas of the north of Minas Gerais.
Acknowledgements. We thank Diego José Santana for helping
with the identification of the specimens. MAAP is grateful to
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Herpetology Notes, volume 9: 285-286 (2016) (published online on 14 November 2016)
New state record of Vitreorana baliomma Pontes, Caramaschi
and Pombal Jr., 2014 (Anura: Centrolenidae)
Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis1,*, Marco Antônio Peixoto1, Emanuel Teixeira da Silva2 and Renato Neves Feio1
1 Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Departamento de Biologia
Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Vila Gianette, 32,
CEP 36570-900. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
2 Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia,
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Avenida Antônio
Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, CEP 31270-901. Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais, Brazil
* Corresponding author e-mail: clodoassis@yahoo.com.br
Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Vitreorana baliomma.
Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis et al.
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for financial support. ETS thanks Conselho Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial
support. Financial support was given to RNF through a scientific
productivity fellowship (CNPq). Comments of anonymous
reviewers helped to improve an earlier version of this manuscript.
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Figure 1. Vitreorana baliomma (MZUFV 5439) collected in the Fazenda Limoeiro, Municipality of Almenara, state of Minas
Gerais, Brazil. (A) Dorsal and (B) ventral views. (C) Detail of iris by showing periphery cream and area flecked of lavender starred
melanophores. (D) Dorsomedial surface of finger I by showing the rudimentary nuptial excrescences formed by glands.
Accepted by Mirco Solé
