DOCSLIB.ORG

Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (Available at Journal of Species Lists and Distribution

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Check List 10(2): 417–418, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution N Pleurodema bibroni 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 N Sérgio Augusto Abrahão Morato O 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: Pleurodema bibroni is a leiuperid frog known from open habitats 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 habitat 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 Pleurodema kriegi 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 Leptodactylidae). 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 Jornadasmorfológico 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 - ofMaack, 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 418.
Recommended publications
  • Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema Bibroni: Rediscovery

    Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema Bibroni: Rediscovery

    Check List 4(1): 47–49, 2008. ISSN: 1809-127X NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema bibroni: Rediscovery. Guillermo S. Natale 1 Raul Maneyro 2, 3 1 Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente (CIMA), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad de La Plata. Calle 47 y 115, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Sección Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República. Montevideo,Uruguay. 3 Laboratório de Herpetologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia & Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Ipiranga 6681, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. The genus Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838 consists of maintained in captivity for a short period while thirteen species distributed along southern South photos were taken. The specimen was later America (Frost 2007). Among these, Pleurodema sacrificed and its internal anatomy was examined bibroni inhabits Uruguay and southern Brazil in order to identify its sex. The specimen is stored (Achaval and Olmos 2003; Machado and in the Vertebrates Zoology Collection of Facultad Maltchik 2007). Although the systematics of P. de Ciencias, Universidad de la República (ZVCB bibroni was largely studied in the last century 16137). The present record is the first specimen (Barrio and Rinaldi di Chieri 1970; Barrio 1977), stored in a scientific collection to have a it is one of the least known species amongst the photograph associated with (Figure 1). The snout- amphibian fauna of Uruguay. In spite of this, this vent length of the specimen was 32.2 mm, and the species was very common in the Uruguayan coast average for adult specimens in the Appendix is in the past (Langone, in press) and one 31.02 mm (SD = 4.07 mm, n = 35).
  • Appendix 1: Maps and Plans Appendix184 Map 1: Conservation Categories for the Nominated Property

    Appendix 1: Maps and Plans Appendix184 Map 1: Conservation Categories for the Nominated Property

    Appendix 1: Maps and Plans Appendix184 Map 1: Conservation Categories for the Nominated Property. Los Alerces National Park, Argentina 185 Map 2: Andean-North Patagonian Biosphere Reserve: Context for the Nominated Proprty. Los Alerces National Park, Argentina 186 Map 3: Vegetation of the Valdivian Ecoregion 187 Map 4: Vegetation Communities in Los Alerces National Park 188 Map 5: Strict Nature and Wildlife Reserve 189 Map 6: Usage Zoning, Los Alerces National Park 190 Map 7: Human Settlements and Infrastructure 191 Appendix 2: Species Lists Ap9n192 Appendix 2.1 List of Plant Species Recorded at PNLA 193 Appendix 2.2: List of Animal Species: Mammals 212 Appendix 2.3: List of Animal Species: Birds 214 Appendix 2.4: List of Animal Species: Reptiles 219 Appendix 2.5: List of Animal Species: Amphibians 220 Appendix 2.6: List of Animal Species: Fish 221 Appendix 2.7: List of Animal Species and Threat Status 222 Appendix 3: Law No. 19,292 Append228 Appendix 4: PNLA Management Plan Approval and Contents Appendi242 Appendix 5: Participative Process for Writing the Nomination Form Appendi252 Synthesis 252 Management Plan UpdateWorkshop 253 Annex A: Interview Guide 256 Annex B: Meetings and Interviews Held 257 Annex C: Self-Administered Survey 261 Annex D: ExternalWorkshop Participants 262 Annex E: Promotional Leaflet 264 Annex F: Interview Results Summary 267 Annex G: Survey Results Summary 272 Annex H: Esquel Declaration of Interest 274 Annex I: Trevelin Declaration of Interest 276 Annex J: Chubut Tourism Secretariat Declaration of Interest 278
  • Polyploidy and Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amphibians

    Polyploidy and Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amphibians

    Chapter 18 Polyploidization and Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amphibians Ben J. Evans, R. Alexander Pyron and John J. Wiens Abstract Genome duplication, including polyploid speciation and spontaneous polyploidy in diploid species, occurs more frequently in amphibians than mammals. One possible explanation is that some amphibians, unlike almost all mammals, have young sex chromosomes that carry a similar suite of genes (apart from the genetic trigger for sex determination). These species potentially can experience genome duplication without disrupting dosage stoichiometry between interacting proteins encoded by genes on the sex chromosomes and autosomalPROOF chromosomes. To explore this possibility, we performed a permutation aimed at testing whether amphibian species that experienced polyploid speciation or spontaneous polyploidy have younger sex chromosomes than other amphibians. While the most conservative permutation was not significant, the frog genera Xenopus and Leiopelma provide anecdotal support for a negative correlation between the age of sex chromosomes and a species’ propensity to undergo genome duplication. This study also points to more frequent turnover of sex chromosomes than previously proposed, and suggests a lack of statistical support for male versus female heterogamy in the most recent common ancestors of frogs, salamanders, and amphibians in general. Future advances in genomics undoubtedly will further illuminate the relationship between amphibian sex chromosome degeneration and genome duplication. B. J. Evans (CORRECTED&) Department of Biology, McMaster University, Life Sciences Building Room 328, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada e-mail: [email protected] R. Alexander Pyron Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA J.
  • Foam Nest Construction and First Report of Agonistic Behaviour In

    Foam Nest Construction and First Report of Agonistic Behaviour In

    Neotropical Biology and Conservation 14(1): 117–128 (2019) doi: 10.3897/neotropical.14.e34841 SHORT COMMUNICATION Foam nest construction and first report of agonistic behaviour in Pleurodema tucumanum (Anura, Leptodactylidae) Melina J. Rodriguez Muñoz1,2, Tomás A. Martínez1,2, Juan Carlos Acosta1, Graciela M. Blanco1 1 Gabinete DIBIOVA (Diversidad y Biología de Vertebrados del Árido). Departamento de Biología, FCEFN, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Avenida Ignacio de la Roza 590, Rivadavia J5400DCS, San Juan, Argentina 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Godoy Cruz 2290, C1425FQB, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina Corresponding author: Melina J. Rodriguez Muñoz ([email protected]) Academic editor: A. M. Leal-Zanchet | Received 21 May 2018 | Accepted 27 December 2018 | Published 11 April 2019 Citation: Rodriguez Muñoz MJ, Martínez TA, Acosta JC, Blanco GM (2019) Foam nest construction and first report of agonistic behaviour in Pleurodema tucumanum (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 14(1): 117–128. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.14.e34841 Abstract Reproductive strategies are the combination of physiological, morphological, and behavioural traits interacting to increase species reproductive success within a set of environmental conditions. While the reproductive strategies of Leiuperinae are known, few studies have been conducted regarding the reproductive behaviour that underlies them. The aim of this study was to document the structural characteristics of nesting microsites, to describe the process of foam nest construction, and to explore the presence of male agonistic and chorus behaviour in Pleurodema tucumanum. Nests were found close to the edge of a temporary pond and the mean temperature of the foam nests was always close to the mean temperature of the pond water.
  • Zootaxa, the Tadpoles and Advertisement Calls of Pleurodema

    Zootaxa, the Tadpoles and Advertisement Calls of Pleurodema

    Zootaxa 1969: 1–35 (2009) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2009 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) The tadpoles and advertisement calls of Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi and Pleurodema kriegi (Müller), with notes on their geographic distribution and conservation status (Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae) FRANCISCO KOLENC1,6, CLAUDIO BORTEIRO2, DIEGO BALDO3, DAIANA P. FERRARO4 & CARLOS PRIGIONI5 1Universidad de la República and Universidad Católica del Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay. E-mail: [email protected] 2Río de Janeiro 4058, Montevideo, CP 12800, Uruguay. E-mail: [email protected] 3Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mis- iones. Félix de Azara Nº 1552. CP: 3300, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina and Instituto de Herpetología, Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, Tucumán, Argentina. E-mail: [email protected] 4Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N°, (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET and Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Ángel Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: [email protected] 5Museo Nacional de Historia Natural y Antropología, 25 de Mayo 582, Montevideo, Uruguay. E-mail: [email protected] 6Corresponding author Table of contents Abstract ..............................................................................................................................................................................
  • No Evidence for the 'Rate-Of-Living' Theory Across the Tetrapod Tree of Life

    No Evidence for the 'Rate-Of-Living' Theory Across the Tetrapod Tree of Life

    Received: 23 June 2019 | Revised: 30 December 2019 | Accepted: 7 January 2020 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13069 RESEARCH PAPER No evidence for the ‘rate-of-living’ theory across the tetrapod tree of life Gavin Stark1 | Daniel Pincheira-Donoso2 | Shai Meiri1,3 1School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Abstract 2School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s Aim: The ‘rate-of-living’ theory predicts that life expectancy is a negative function of University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom the rates at which organisms metabolize. According to this theory, factors that accel- 3The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel erate metabolic rates, such as high body temperature and active foraging, lead to organismic ‘wear-out’. This process reduces life span through an accumulation of bio- Correspondence Gavin Stark, School of Zoology, Faculty of chemical errors and the build-up of toxic metabolic by-products. Although the rate- Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, of-living theory is a keystone underlying our understanding of life-history trade-offs, 6997801, Israel. Email: [email protected] its validity has been recently questioned. The rate-of-living theory has never been tested on a global scale in a phylogenetic framework, or across both endotherms and Editor: Richard Field ectotherms. Here, we test several of its fundamental predictions across the tetrapod tree of life. Location: Global. Time period: Present. Major taxa studied: Land vertebrates. Methods: Using a dataset spanning the life span data of 4,100 land vertebrate spe- cies (2,214 endotherms, 1,886 ectotherms), we performed the most comprehensive test to date of the fundamental predictions underlying the rate-of-living theory.
  • Check List 4(1): 47–49, 2008

    Check List 4(1): 47–49, 2008

    Check List 4(1): 47–49, 2008. ISSN: 1809-127X NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Pleurodema bibroni: Rediscovery. Guillermo S. Natale 1 Raul Maneyro 2, 3 1 Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente (CIMA), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad de La Plata. Calle 47 y 115, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Sección Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República. Montevideo,Uruguay. 3 Laboratório de Herpetologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia & Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Ipiranga 6681, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. The genus Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838 consists of maintained in captivity for a short period while thirteen species distributed along southern South photos were taken. The specimen was later America (Frost 2007). Among these, Pleurodema sacrificed and its internal anatomy was examined bibroni inhabits Uruguay and southern Brazil in order to identify its sex. The specimen is stored (Achaval and Olmos 2003; Machado and in the Vertebrates Zoology Collection of Facultad Maltchik 2007). Although the systematics of P. de Ciencias, Universidad de la República (ZVCB bibroni was largely studied in the last century 16137). The present record is the first specimen (Barrio and Rinaldi di Chieri 1970; Barrio 1977), stored in a scientific collection to have a it is one of the least known species amongst the photograph associated with (Figure 1). The snout- amphibian fauna of Uruguay. In spite of this, this vent length of the specimen was 32.2 mm, and the species was very common in the Uruguayan coast average for adult specimens in the Appendix is in the past (Langone, in press) and one 31.02 mm (SD = 4.07 mm, n = 35).
  • Notes on Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Panama

    Notes on Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Panama

    Herpetology Notes, volume 13: 219-229 (2020) (published online on 09 March 2020) Notes on amphibians and reptiles from western Panama Abel Batista1,5,*, Andreas Hertz4, Marcos Ponce2, and Sebastian Lotzkat3 Abstract. Panama is a hotspot of amphibian and reptile diversity and many areas of the country still remain underexplored. Here we present results of our field work carried out through several years in western Panama, further increasing the numbers of amphibian and reptile species known from the country. We provide the first country records for Smilisca manisorum and Lepidophyma reticulatum. Additionally, we extend the known distributional ranges of Pristimantis taeniatus, Pleurodema brachyops, Leptodactylus fuscus, Bachia blairi, Basiliscus plumifrons, Anolis auratus, A. capito, A. cryptolimifrons, A. humilis, A. kemptoni, A. pseudopachypus, Geophis godmani, Mastigodryas pleei, and Bothriechis supraciliaris. Keywords. Amphibia, distribution, new record, herpetofauna, Panama, Reptilia Introduction van den Burg, 2012). Despite these manifold novelties, the amount of herpetological exploration in western The herpetofauna of Panama has been studied in Panama is still unsatisfactory (Köhler et al., 2008; various areas, with most work concentrated in central Lotzkat, 2014; Hertz, 2015). Panama (Ibáñez et al., 2001; Crawford et al. 2010; The aim of this paper is to provide new records of Voyles et al., 2018). However, there are notable surveys amphibians and reptiles from western Panama, as a since the mid-nineteenth century that were carried out in result of our surveys in the region from 2004 to 2012. western Panama (e.g., Dunn, 1924, 1940, 1947; Slevin, We include two new country records for Panama, and 1942; Myers and Duellman, 1982; see summaries in 14 distribution extensions.
  • Hand and Foot Musculature of Anura: Structure, Homology, Terminology, and Synapomorphies for Major Clades

    Hand and Foot Musculature of Anura: Structure, Homology, Terminology, and Synapomorphies for Major Clades

    HAND AND FOOT MUSCULATURE OF ANURA: STRUCTURE, HOMOLOGY, TERMINOLOGY, AND SYNAPOMORPHIES FOR MAJOR CLADES BORIS L. BLOTTO, MARTÍN O. PEREYRA, TARAN GRANT, AND JULIÁN FAIVOVICH BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HAND AND FOOT MUSCULATURE OF ANURA: STRUCTURE, HOMOLOGY, TERMINOLOGY, AND SYNAPOMORPHIES FOR MAJOR CLADES BORIS L. BLOTTO Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina MARTÍN O. PEREYRA División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva “Claudio J. Bidau,” Instituto de Biología Subtropical–CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina TARAN GRANT Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Coleção de Anfíbios, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Research Associate, Herpetology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History JULIÁN FAIVOVICH División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Research Associate, Herpetology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American
  • Supporting Online Material For

    Supporting Online Material For

    www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/science.1194442/DC1 Supporting Online Material for The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael Hoffmann,* Craig Hilton-Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Kent E. Carpenter, Janice Chanson, Ben Collen, Neil A. Cox, William R. T. Darwall, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Lucy R. Harrison, Vineet Katariya, Caroline M. Pollock, Suhel Quader, Nadia I. Richman, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Jean-Christophe Vié, John M. Aguiar, David J. Allen, Gerald R. Allen, Giovanni Amori, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Franco Andreone, Paul Andrew, Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, Ricardo Baldi, Ben D. Bell, S. D. Biju, Jeremy P. Bird, Patricia Black-Decima, J. Julian Blanc, Federico Bolaños, Wilmar Bolivar-G., Ian J. Burfield, James A. Burton, David R. Capper, Fernando Castro, Gianluca Catullo, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Alan Channing, Ning Labbish Chao, Anna M. Chenery, Federica Chiozza, Viola Clausnitzer, Nigel J. Collar, Leah C. Collett, Bruce B. Collette, Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez, Matthew T. Craig, Michael J. Crosby, Neil Cumberlidge, Annabelle Cuttelod, Andrew E. Derocher, Arvin C. Diesmos, John S. Donaldson, J. W. Duckworth, Guy Dutson, S. K. Dutta, Richard H. Emslie, Aljos Farjon, Sarah Fowler, Jörg Freyhof, David L. Garshelis, Justin Gerlach, David J. Gower, Tandora D. Grant, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Richard B. Harris, Lawrence R. Heaney, S. Blair Hedges, Jean- Marc Hero, Baz Hughes, Syed Ainul Hussain, Javier Icochea M., Robert F. Inger, Nobuo Ishii, Djoko T. Iskandar, Richard K. B. Jenkins, Yoshio Kaneko, Maurice Kottelat, Kit M. Kovacs, Sergius L.
  • Recent Findings of the Declining Frog Pleurodema Bibroni Tschudi, 1838

    Recent Findings of the Declining Frog Pleurodema Bibroni Tschudi, 1838

    Herpetology Notes, volume 5: 181-183 (2012) (published online on 24 May 2012) Recent findings of the declining frogPleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Leiuperidae) in Uruguay Francisco Kolenc1*, Claudio Borteiro1, Enrique M. González1, Diego A. Barrasso2, and Carlos Prigioni1 Pleurodema bibroni (Fig. 1) was formerly widespread unaltered habitats (Kolenc et al., 2009). Other possible and abundant in Uruguay, being a frog commonly causes are climate change and chytrid infection. collected by the naturalists of the 19th century who Although the presence of chytrids was demonstrated visited the northern shore of the River Plate. For in sites where the species was extirpated, it was also example, A. d’Orbigny, C. Darwin, and M. Jiménez de detected in one of the few remaining populations la Espada brought specimens to Europe which resulted (Borteiro et al., 2009; Bardier et al., 2011). in multiple descriptions of it (Tschudi, 1838; Bell, 1843; Jiménez de la Espada, 1875). Intensive fieldwork recently led to the finding of some The species was common in much of southern Uruguay remnant populations of this species in Uruguay (Natale at least until the mid-1970s or early 1980s, when it and Maneyro, 2008; Kolenc et al., 2009). Since the seems to have suffered a sudden, severe and widespread last review in 2009, some new localities inhabited by decline (for a historical review and a defence of the Pleurodema bibroni were found. In this paper we report case for a recent decline, see Kolenc et al., 2009). Apart these localities and present an updated map of the places from Uruguay, P. bibroni is known from north-eastern where this species is known to occur at present.
  • The Herpetofauna of the Neotropical Savannas - Vera Lucia De Campos Brites, Renato Gomes Faria, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Guarino Rinaldi Colli

    The Herpetofauna of the Neotropical Savannas - Vera Lucia De Campos Brites, Renato Gomes Faria, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Guarino Rinaldi Colli

    TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT - Vol. X - The Herpetofauna of the Neotropical Savannas - Vera Lucia de Campos Brites, Renato Gomes Faria, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Guarino Rinaldi Colli THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE NEOTROPICAL SAVANNAS Vera Lucia de Campos Brites Institute of Biology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil Renato Gomes Faria Departamentof Biology, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil Daniel Oliveira Mesquita Departament of Engineering and Environment, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil Guarino Rinaldi Colli Institute of Biology, University of Brasília, Brazil Keywords: Herpetology, Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Natural History Contents 1. Introduction 2. Amphibians 3. Testudines 4. Squamata 5. Crocodilians Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches Summary The Cerrado biome (savannah ecoregion) occupies 25% of the Brazilian territory (2.000.000 km2) and presents a mosaic of the phytophysiognomies, which is often reflected in its biodiversity. Despite its great distribution, the biological diversity of the biome still much unknown. Herein, we present a revision about the herpetofauna of this threatened biome. It is possible that the majority of the living families of amphibians and reptiles UNESCOof the savanna ecoregion originated – inEOLSS Gondwana, and had already diverged at the end of Mesozoic Era, with the Tertiary Period being responsible for the great diversification. Nowadays, the Cerrado harbors 152 amphibian species (44 endemic) and is only behind Atlantic Forest, which has 335 species and Amazon, with 232 species. Other SouthSAMPLE American open biomes , CHAPTERSlike Pantanal and Caatinga, have around 49 and 51 species, respectively. Among the 36 species distributed among eight families in Brazil, 10 species (4 families) are found in the Cerrado. Regarding the crocodilians, the six species found in Brazil belongs to Alligatoridae family, and also can be found in the Cerrado.