Anurans of the Caparao National Park and surroundings, southeast Brazil

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Zornosa-Torres, Camila ^{[1, 2]} ; Augusto-Alves, Guilherme ^{[1, 2]} ; Lyra, Mariana L. ^{[3, 4]} ; da Silva Junior, Jose Cassimiro ^[5] ; Garcia, Paulo C. A. ^[6] ; Leite, Felipe ^[7] ; Verdade, Vanessa ^[8] ; Rodrigues, Miguel T. ^[5] ; Gasparini, Joao Luiz ^[9] ; Haddad, Celio F. B. ^{[3, 4]} ; Toledo, Luis Felipe ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Lab Hist Nat Anfibios Brasileiros LaHNAB, Cidade Univ Zeferino Vaz, Rua Monteiro Lobato 235, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Programa Posgrad Ecol, Rua Monteiro Lobato, Cidade Univ Zeferino Vaz 235, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Biodiversidade, Av 24-A, 1515 Bela Vista, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Ctr Aquicultura CAUNESP, Av 24-A, 1515 Bela Vista, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Rua Matao, Travessa 14, 101, Cidade Univ, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[6] Univ Fed Minas Gerais UFMG, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, BR-31270901 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

^[7] Univ Fed Vicosa UFT, Inst Ciencias Biol, Rodovia LMG 818, Km 6, BR-35690000 Florestal, MG - Brazil

^[8] Univ Fed ABC UFABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Av Estados 5001, BR-09210580 Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

^[9] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro UFRJ, Inst Biodiversidade & Sustentabilidade NUPEM, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Ambientais & Conservaca, Caixa Postal 119331, BR-27910970 Macae, RJ - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Biota Neotropica; v. 20, n. 3 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest (AF) is one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world, and the most fragmented biome of Brazil. This biome includes different phytophysiognomies, as riparian, slope, cloudy forests, and grasslands. Such complexity, allied to huge latitudinal and high elevational range, provides diverse habitats and conditions for amphibian speciation. As a result, there are over 600 amphibian species known to occur in the AF. Within this biome the Caparao National Park (CNP) is relevant, as it includes the highest peak of the biome, the Pico da Bandeira at almost 3,000 m above sea level, as well as different phytophysiognomies as rocky fields and humid forests. In spite of that, its amphibian fauna is still poorly described. We inventoried amphibians at the CNP and surrounding areas from 2016 to 2018 and recorded 47 anuran species, of which two are locally endemic and at least six have not been described yet. Additionally, we compiled data from previous surveys (2004 to 2008) and secondary data from scientific collections. All together, we registered a total of 61 anuran species from 12 families for the CNP and surroundings, placing this area among the 10 amphibian richest sites in the AF. Some of these species are represented by only one or two collected specimens and have not been registered in the CNP since the 1980's, such as Thoropa lutzi and Hylodes vanzolinii. These species could be examples of population declines or even past local extinctions, highlighting the need of further sampling efforts in that highly biodiverse site. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/23388-7 - Comunication and sensory systems of the anurans of the Atlantic Forest
• Grantee: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 11/50146-6 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians
• Grantee: Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/50741-7 - Diversity and conservation of Brazilian amphibians
• Grantee: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 19/03170-0 - Acoustic, seismic and visual signaling: investigating the multimodal communication of neotropical anurans
• Grantee: Guilherme Augusto Alves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 03/10335-8 - Systematics and evolution of the herpetological fauna from Neotropical areas
• Grantee: Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 01/05470-8 - Phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus Cycloramphus Tschudi, 1838 and Zachaenus Cope, 1866 (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
• Grantee: Vanessa Kruth Verdade
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 16/25358-3 - The chytrid fungus: from its origins to its consequences
• Grantee: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants