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Siphonops Annulatus (Mikan, 1820) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) in the State Of Check List 9(1): 106–110, 2013 © 2013 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution N Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1820) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) in the state of ISTRIBUTIO Pará,Rediscovery Brazil, withof an updated geographic distribution map, D and notes on size and variation RAPHIC G EO Adriano Oliveira Maciel 1*, Henrique Caldeira Costa 2 , Jerriane G N Oliveira Gomes 1 1 3 O , Leandro de Oliveira Drummond OTES and Annelise D’Angiolella N 1 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Departamento de Zoologia. Avenida Perimetral, 1901 - Terra Firme. CEP 66077-530. Belém, PA, Brazil. * 2 CorrUniversidadeesponding Federal author. de E-mail: Viçosa [email protected] – Campus Florestal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. CEP 35690-000. Florestal, MG, Brazil. 3 Autonomous Researcher. Rua Chaves Faria, 534/202, Bairro São Cristovão. CEP CEP 20910-140. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. Abstract: Siphonops annulatus has a wide distribution in South America. Here we provide a new geographic distribution map for this species and two new records from the state of Pará, Brazil, from where it has not been reported since 1876. A S. annulatus ever recorded. specimen collected in the municipality of Senador José Porfírio is the largest specimen of Caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) are distributed annulatus in Pará. All specimens were collected in mainly across the wet tropics, but also occur in subtropical regions (Gower and Wilkinson 2005). The fossorial, semiaquatic or aquatic habit of the known species hamper pitfall traps (collection permit numbers: 01/11; Process the collection of specimens, although recent data shows 02018.001265/2010-41-NUFAP/IBAMA and 1325/2011 that some species are much more abundant than has been SEMA/PA), and deposited in the collection of the Museu assumed (Maciel and Hoogmoed 2011). 220Paraense mm totalEmílio length) Goeldi, were Belém. collected Two in specimens the municipality (male Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1820) is the caecilian MPEG 33733, 282 mm total length; male MPEG 33734, with the largest distribution (Wilkinson et al. 2008), occurring throughout most of Cis-Andean South America. of Itaituba (06°19’12” S, 55°47’24” W, elevation 270 m) Although commonly documented in several localities over and a single specimen (Figure 1) in the municipality of its distribution, this species was not found in the state Senador José Porfírio (male, MPEG 32559; 03°35’19” of Pará since 1876 when Spengel received in Hamburg, S, 51°57’00” W, elevation 165 m). TheS. annulatus latter specimen (Taylor Germany, some specimens of S. annulatus from “Pará”, as 1968).measures 539 mm total length, greater than the previous the current municipality of Belém was named at that time reported maximum size of 450 mm for (Spengel 1915). Herein, we report two new localities for Siphonops Both specimens from Itaituba haveS. annulatus 79 annuli (Taylor and the specimen from Senador José Porfírio has 91 annuli. This character ranges from 78–98 in Figure 1. Specimens of Siphonops annulatus from Pará, Brazil. Left: MPEG 33734, 220 mm total length, municipality of Itaituba (photo by AOM); Right: MPEG 32559, 539 mm total length, municipality of Senador José Porfírio (Photo by LOD). 106 Maciel et al. | Geographic distribution map of Siphonops annulatus 1968), and presents a low geographic variation, even in a et al. (2006) present a photograph of two caecilians from ca. referred as S. annulatus 4000 km long distribution range; a similar condition toReserva be a Adolphomember Ducke,of the stategenus of CaeciliaAmazonas,, not one Siphonops of them. Hoogmoedis observed 2011). in other Neotropical caecilian species with Thus, to the best of our; theknowledge, specimen, the however, occurrence appears of S. wideMaciel distribution and Hoogmoed (Savage (2011)and Wake present 2001; a Macielgeographic and annulatus distribution map for Siphonops annulatus, which lacks The absencein Ceará, of records and in of theSiphonops Reserva annulatus Adolpho from Ducke, the with locality descriptions and coordinates in Appendix largeremains open unconfirmed. vegetation diagonal of Brazil, composed of the 1.some Two literature literature records. records An were updated not considered map is in Figureby us: 2,i) Caatinga, Cerrado, and Pantanal-Chaco morphoclimatic This distribution pattern can be explained by the lack of Borges-Nojosa and Cascon (2005) presented a record collectionsdomains or inbiomes those (sensu regions Ab’Sáber or, more 1977), likely, is by noteworthy. historical from Reserva Natural Serra das Almas, in the Brazilian causes, but only a phylogeographic study of the species state of Ceará; however, when visitingS. annulatus the collection. ii) Lima of will elucidate this question. Universidade Federal do Ceará, AOM did not find any specimen that could be identified as Figure 2. Geographic distribution map of Siphonops annulatus . Circles = literature records. Triangle 1 = Senador José Porfírio, Pará, Brazil; triangle 2 = AcknowledgmentsItaituba, Pará, Brazil. :The record from Alagoas, although shown on the map (Square), lacks specific localityAnálise data (see das Table Variações 1). da Biodiversidade do who provided valuable suggestions on the manuscript. Bioma Caatinga We thank Ulisses Caramaschii and Ross MacCulloch M.R.V. Barbosa (org.). Herpetofauna dos Literature Cited . Brasília: Ministério do Meio Ambiente. Condez,sudeste T.H., do Brasil.R.J. Sawaya Biota Neotropicaand M. Dixo.9(1): 157-185.2009. Geomorfologia 52: 1-21, 1 map. remanescentes de Mata Atlântica da região de Tapiraí e Piedade, SP, Ab’Sáber, A.N., 1977. Os domínios morfoclimáticos na América do Sul. Bollettino del Museo regionale di Primeira aproximação. De laScienze Riva, I. naturali, 1990. 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