Pleurodema cordobae Valetti, Salas & Martino 2009

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Diagnosis A small species of Pleurodema (35.41 mm snout-vent length) with lumbar glands and chromosomic complement octoploid. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus Pleurodema by the following combination of characters: (1) relatively small size; (2) snout short, canthus rostralis rounded in dorsal view and truncate in lateral view; (3) lumbar glands present, 1 Å? eye diameter; (4) round tympanic annulus, almost concealed; (5) tympanum length half of the eye diameter; (6) vomerine teeth absent, (7) comissural gland prominent; (8) brilliant red-orange spots on the groin and around lumbar glands; (9) ploid level 2n=8x=88; (10) axillary amplexus; (11) egg deposition in gelatinous nest attached to vegetation; (12) compound advertisement call with tri-pulsed pulse groups, average dominant frequency 1787 Hz.

Know only fromtype locality, Estancia Los Tabaquillos and two temporary ponds located 5 kilometers away from the former.

Description of the holotype Body robust; head triangular slightly wider than long; snout short, canthus rostralis rounded in dorsal view and truncated in lateral view. Eyes protuberant; eye diameter equal to interocular distance; interocular distance larger than internarinal interval. Round tympanic annulus almost concealed, approximately half the size of eye diameter. Commissural glands present, oval, approximately the same size of eye diameter. Vomerine teeth absent. Dark vocal sac. Fingers free; relative length of fingers: III>IV>I>II; two not-darkened palmar tubercles. Femur length less than tibia length; sum of femur length and tibia length longer than foot length. Toes free with cutaneous edge and rudimentary interdigital basal membrane; two metatarsal tubercles; relative length of toes: IV>V=III>II>I. Lumbar glands large, oval, one and a half times the size of eye diameter. Vocal sacs single, median and subgular. In life, dorsally brownish with large almost symmetrical dark spots. Dark transverse bands on upper surface of arms and legs. Yellow lumbar glands with a black central ocellus covering 60% of the gland. Brilliant red-orange spots on the groin and around lumbar glands. Dark palms and soles, with whitish palmar tubercles. Dark vocal sac, with the rest of ventral body surface being whitish and mild dotted dark. Iris gold with black reticulations.

NE.Not evaluated.