ISSN 1809-127X (online edition) © 2011 Check List and Authors Chec List Open Access | Freely available at www.checklist.org.br Journal of species lists and distribution N Amphibia, Anura, Hylodidae, Megaelosia apuana Pombal, Prado and Canedo, 2003: Distribution extension, new ISTRIBUTIO state record and geographic distribution map D 1,2* 3 1 RAPHIC Patrícia da Silva Santos , Emanuel Teixeira da Silva , Bruno Henrique Barbosa Felhberg , Marcus G 1 1,2 EO Thadeu Teixeira Santos and Paulo Christiano de Anchietta Garcia G N O Carlos, 6627, Pampulha. CEP 31270-901. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. 1 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Herpetologia. Avenida Antônio OTES N 6627, Pampulha. CEP 31270-901. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. 2 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre. Avenida Antônio Carlos, Caratinga, MG, Brasil. * 3 CorrCentrespondingo Universitário author. de E-mail: Caratinga,
[email protected] Centro de Estudos em Biologia. Avenida Niterói, s/n, Bairro Nossa Senhora das Graças. CEP 35300-000. Abstract: Megaelosia apuana in the state of Minas Gerais, municipality In of this Simonésia, study we east report of Minas the first Gerais record extends of the its giant geographic torrent distributionfrog by 120 km from the type locality, and 45 kmsoutheastern northwest Brazil. from its The westernmost finding of knownthis species record. at AReserva geographic Particular distribution do Patrimônio map is presented. Natural (RPPN) Mata do Sossego, The genus Megaelosia (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923) is on its extent of occurrence, population status, threats and distributed over the Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira ecological requirements (Pombal Jr.