Anurans from the Serra da Bocaina National Park and surrounding buffer area, southeastern Brazil

Michel V Garey,Célio F B Haddad,Diogo B Provete,Itamar A Martins,Denise C Rossa-Feres

doi:10.15560/10.2.308

Abstract

Here, we review the species of anuran amphibian from the Serra da Bocaina National Park and its buffer area, in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, comparing the data from a recent survey with museum records. We surveyed adult and larval anurans in ponds, marshes, and streams discontinuously from May 2008 to January 2011. In total, 63 anuran species were previously known to occur at the Park and its surrounding buffer area. In our survey, we recorded 46 species, of which five represented new records, and 22 appeared only in the historical list. Seven topotypic populations were not found in the present study. We suggest that conservation strategies for anurans in the Serra da Bocaina should also consider the surrounding areas that are subjected to anthropogenic pressure, due to the high diversity recorded, high altitudinal variation in species distribution, and various vegetation formations.

Highlights

Brazil is the home of 968 amphibian species, of which932 are anurans (AmphibiaWeb 2014)
Here, we review the species of anuran amphibian from the Serra da Bocaina National Park and its buffer area, in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, comparing the data from a recent survey with museum records
We suggest that conservation strategies for anurans in the Serra da Bocaina should consider the surrounding areas that are subjected to anthropogenic pressure, due to the high diversity recorded, high altitudinal variation in species distribution, and various vegetation formations

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Introduction

Brazil is the home of 968 amphibian species, of which932 are anurans (AmphibiaWeb 2014). The highest amphibian richness in Brazil occurs along the costal Atlantic Forest, to which many species are endemic (Rossa-Feres et al 2011; Haddad et al 2013). This high richness is in part due to the environmental heterogeneity created by the various vegetation types, the altitudinal, and longitudinal and latitudinal variation along this biome (Haddad and Prado 2005; Araujo et al 2009; Ribeiro et al 2009), which limit the dispersal and favor the occurrence of species with small range sizes (Villalobos et al 2013). No long-term ecological study encompassing an entire reproductive season had been conducted These past research efforts resulted in 17 anuran species being described from the Park and its surrounding buffer area, which includes the Fazenda Bonito

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