Julianus new genus

Juliana. Type species: Hyla uruguaya Schmidt.

Definition. Small frogs with slightly truncate discs on fingers and toes, webbing reduced between fingers and absent between Fingers I and II (Fig. 10 C); venter immaculate; eggs deposited in ponds.

Content. Two species: Julianus pinimus* (Bokermann & Sazima) and J. uruguayus (Schmidt), new combinations.

Distribution. Minas Gerais, Brazil, and extreme southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Corrientes, Argentina.

Etymology. The generic name is a patronym for Julian Faivovich in recognition of his many contributions to our knowledge of South American frogs. The gender is masculine.

Remarks. In our phylogenetic tree (Fig. 4), Julianus uruguayus is the strongly supported (97%) long branch sister taxon of Scinax. Hyla pinima of Bokermann and Sazima (1973) has been associated with J. uruguayus because of characteristics of the larval oral disc (Kolenc et al. 2003). Based on the interpretation of data by Kolenc et al (2003) and Faivovich et al. (2005), we place H. pinima in the genus Julianus.