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istributio Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Leiuperidae): D Distribution extension and first record for the state of 1* 3 and raphic g Paraná, Brazil 3 2 eo Fabrício Locatelli Trein , Leôncio Pedroso Lima , Letícia Karmann de Almeida Ulandowski G

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1 Zenith Geoambiental Consultoria Ltda. Rua Manoel Correia de Freitas, 281. CEP 82520-080. Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

otes 2 ICMBio / Refúgio de Vida [email protected] dos Campos de Palmas. Caixa Postal 127. CEP 85.555-000. Palmas, PR, Brazil.

N 3 STCP Engenharia de Projetos Ltda. Rua Euzébio da Motta, 450. CEP 80530-260. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. * Corresponding author. E-mail: Abstract: is a leiuperid known from open in Uruguay and Southern Brazil. This paper

provides the first record from state of Paraná, Brazil, and extends the distribution of the species approximately 250 km northwest from the nearest record. The specimen was found in Refúgio de Vida Silvestre dos Campos de Palmas, a federal reserve in southwestern Paraná state created to protect the grasslands, and represents an important record, since the species is considered to be Near Threatened according to IUCN criteria.

Pleurodema bibroni P. bibroni

is a leiuperid frog that occurs According to IUCN criteria, is considered as from southern Uruguay to northeastern Rio Grande do a Near Threatened species of natural rarity due to Sul, Brazil, inhabiting coastalet al sand plains, open savannas, etdestruction al. by cultivation ofP. crops, bibroni establishment was an abundant of pine rocky outcrops, grasslands and open mountainous habitats plantations, and encroaching human settlements (Silvano (Langone 1995; Silvano . 2004; Lema and Martins 2004). In Uruguay,et al. 2011). The northernmost record etis al.Vacaria (28°31′19.02 species until the early 1980s, but now it is considered to ″ S, 50°56′37″ W), Rio Grande do Sul state (Braun 1973; be in decline (Kolenc 2012). In Rio Grande do Sul, Lema and Martins 2011). Kolenc (2011)Physalaemus recognized partthe species of that wasstate. cited as “under protection” in the Floresta fuscomaculatusthat some specimens collected in northeasternP. bibroni, Paraguay but no Nacional de São Francisco de Paula, in the northeastern in 1893-1894, previously identified as (Cei, 1990), were in fact During a field trip on October 12, 2012 at the Refúgio data of the habitat or the record localities were provided, de Vida Silvestre dos Campos de Palmas, municipality of and recent records from that country are unknown. Palmas, state of Paraná (26°34′12,31″ S, 51°53′45″ W), one

Figure 1. Dorsal and ventral view of Pleurodema bibroni

(Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae) collected in Refúgio de Vida Silvestre dos Campos de Palmas, Palmas, state of Paraná, Brazil (MHNCI.9311). Photo by S.A.A. Morato. 417 Trein et al. | First record of Pleurodema bibroni for Paraná, Brazil

P. bibroni Literature Cited Pleurodema bibroni specimen of (Figure 1) was found at 10:40PM on Barrio, A. 1977. AportesPhysis para la elucidación del status taxonómico de the ground near an artificial pond in a grassland area. This Tschudi y Pleurodema(Müller) bibronii (Amphibia, frog was collected (collection permits SISBIO 10500) and ). 37(93): 311–331. Braun,Iheringia C. A. S. (Série 1973. Zoologia) Sôbre a ocorrência de Tschudi, deposited in the herpetological collection of the Museu de 1828 no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Anura, Leptodactylidae). História Natural Capão da Imbuia, municipality of Curitiba, 44: 28–31. Pleurodema bibroni Paraná. The specimen (MHNCI.9311; male, 34.8 mm snout- Camargo, A., R. Maneyro and J.A. Langone. 2005.Actas, Análisis VIII Jornadas morfológico de et al. Zoologíade las poblaciones del Uruguay, uruguayas y brasileñas de vent length) presentes the typical conspicuous lumbar Tschudi, 1838 (Anura, Leptodactylidae). black glands (Barrio, 1977; Kolenc 2009; Lema and Physalaemus Montevideo, fuscomaculatus 154 pp. Martins, 2011). It was the only individual of that species Cei, J.M. 1990. On aBolletino Paraguayan del Museo sample Regionale of a long di Scienze time confusedNaturali, P. bibroni Torinospecies: 8: (Steindachner, 1864) (Anura, found in the locality above mentioned. This is the first Leptodactylidae). record of from the state of Paraná, Brazil, and 215–231. Eupemphix fuscomaculatus extends the known range ca. 250 km towards northwest. Kolenc, F., D. Baldo, C. Borteiro,Copeia F. Marangoni, D.P. Ferraro and J. Faivovich. et al. 2011. The identity of Steindachner, 1864 Based on morphological studies presented by Camargo (Amphibia: Anura). 2011: 513–522.Pleurodema bibroni of P. bibroni(2005), Machado and Maltchik (2007) and Natale and Kolenc, F., C. Borteiro, E.M. González, D.A. BarrassoHerpetology and NotesC. Prigioni. 2012. Maneyro (2008) the Uruguayan and Brazilian populations Recent findings of the declining frog Tschudi, Museo1838 (Anura: Damaso Leiuperidae) Antonio Larrañaga, in Uruguay. Serie de Divulgación 5,5: 181–183 are distinct, and according Lema and Martins Langone, J.A. 1995. Ranas y saposAnfíbios del Uruguay.do Rio Grande Montevideo, do Sul: Catálogo, Uruguay. (2011) may represent different species, since the slopes Diagnoses, Distribuição, Iconografia. 123 pp. of Serra Geral impose a natural barrier between them, a Lema, T. and L.A.Geografia Martins. 2011.física do Estado do Paraná. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, 196 pp. supposition which needs to be verified. Nevertheless, Maack, R. 1981. Rio de Janeiro: J. it is believed that the population recorded in southern Olympio, 2ª. ed., 450 pp. Paraná must be more closely related to the populations Machado,formas I.F. larvais. and L. Neotropical Maltchik. 2007. Biology Check-list and Conservation da diversidade de anuros no Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) e proposta de classificação para as from Northeastern Rio Grande do Sul, since the habitats Pleurodema bibroni: Check List 2(2): 101–116. are similar and typical of the Araucaria plateau Campos (mixed Natale, G.S. and R. Maneyro. 2008. Amphibia, Anura,Pleurodema Leiuperidae, bibroni grasslands/araucaria forests). However, the recognized IUCNRediscovery. Red List of Threatened 4(1):Species. 47–49. de Palmas Silvano, D., E. Lavilla, P. Garcia and J. Langone. 2004. , identity of the grasslands in the Palmas region ( in: IUCN 2012. Version 2012.2. population - of Maack, P. bibroni 1981) in relation to other regional Accessible at www.iucnredlist.org. Captured on 26 October 2012. open formations suggests the occurrence of an isolated . Further research is required in order to elucidate its taxonomic status. Hence, field research on grassland areas in the central region of the state of Santa Catarina are strongly recommended as well. Acknowledgments: Received: May 2013 We thank Tim Dunn and Charles Wikler for Accepted: February 2014 valuable suggestions and for the revision on the English version of the Published online: May 2014 manuscript. Editorial responsibility: Marcelo N. de C. Kokubum

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