Recent findings of Isthmohyla pictipes (Anura: Hylidae) in Costa Rica: variation and implications for conservation

Author(s)

Chaves-Acuna, Wagner ^[1] ; Chaves, Gerardo ^[2] ; Klank, Jeremy ^{[3, 2]} ; Arias, Erick ^{[2, 4]} ; Bolanos, Federico ^{[3, 2]} ; Shepack, Alex ^[5] ; Leenders, Twan ^[6] ; Cossel, John ^[7] ; Faivovich, Julian ^{[8, 1]}

Affiliation

^[1] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Div Herpetol, Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[2] Univ Costa Rica, Ctr Invest Biodiversidad & Ecol Trop, Museo Zool, San Jose 115012060 - Costa Rica

^[3] Univ Costa Rica, Escuela Biol, San Jose 115012060 - Costa Rica

^[4] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, AP 70-153 Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico - Mexico

^[5] Florida Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199 - USA

^[6] Roger Tory Peterson Inst Nat Hist, 311 Curtis St, Jamestown, NY 14701 - USA

^[7] Northwest Nazarene Univ, Biol Dept, 623 South Univ Blvd, Nampa, ID 83686 - USA

^[8] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Biodiversidad & Biol Expt, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 4881, n. 3, p. 499-514, NOV 20 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

We report recent findings of Isthmohyla pictipes (Cope, 1875) in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, roughly two decades after it was last registered. We provide notes on microhabitat use, color variation, external morphology of adults and larvae, and geographic variation, and discuss some taxonomic characters employed to differentiate I. pictipes from I. tica (Starrett, 1966) and I. xanthosticta (Duellman, 1968). We also report fluorescence on the ventral surfaces of I. pictipes. Our findings are expected to shed light on the taxonomy of this species and should be useful in further population assessments and conservation plans. (AU)

• 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: 18/15425-0 - A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification: phase 2
• Grantee: Taran Grant
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2