Sphaenorhynchus orophilus Lutz & Lutz 1938

Jan/ago

Known from Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais States, in southeastern Brazil. It occurs above 1,000m asl.

herbacea

perene

Tanaceti herba et flos, óleo essencial rico em tuiona, lípidos, ácidos cítrico, butírico e oxálico, tanino, resina, vitamina C, magnésio (1)

não produziu sementes

Adult morphology Snout outline pointed or truncate-subovoid from above, acute in profile; no cranial crests; no special features on upper eyelids; tympanum covered; male vocal sac single, externally expanded, extending from posterior half of throat through chest region; males with vocal slits; vomerine teeth in short transverse series lying between and just posterior to choanae; finger lengths ILarval morphology Body subcylindrical in dorsal view; wider than deep; snout broadly rounded in dorsal view; nostril midway between eye and tip of snout; distance between nares 84% interorbital width: nares elliptical, directed anteriorly; eye dorsolateral and directed laterally, 13% body length: opening of the sinistral spiracle directed posteriorly on the midline about 80% body length: anal tube median; tail slightly higher than body; dorsal fin origin extending slightly onto the body; dorsal and ventral fins arched; tail musculature reaching the pointed tail tip; mouth anteroventral. directed anteriorly, width 32% body uidrh: two rows of oral papillae, the first broadl! interrupted anteriorly and the second restricted to the lateral and ventral portions; tooth row formula 2(2)/3(1); beak moderately developed and finely serrated. Coloration: Body and tail brown with two longitudinal unpigmented stripes on first half of tail musculature; an unpigmented longitudinal stripe from the mouth passing under the eye; dorsal and ventral fins marbled; venter light brown. In life dorsum of the body brown fading to a pale yellow venter; a conspicuous yellow longitudinal stripe from the mouth passing under the eye: tail musculature brown with two longitudinal yellou stripes on the first half; dorsal and ventral fins brown marbled over a yellow background: iris golden with two blackish areas converging on the pupil.

Europa

LC. Least Concern.