Dataset of occurrences and ecological traits of amphibians from Upper Paraguay River Basin, central South America

By

Neves, Matheus
Beconi, Hugo
Pedrozo, Mariana
Ferreira, Vanda Lúcia
Moura, Mário
Santana, Diego José

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Nature conservation

Volume

41

Pages

71--89

Subjects

Anura , Datapaper , Gymnophiona , life history traits , Pantanal floodplain , wetland

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2012-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.41.54265

 

Abstract

There are many gaps in our biodiversity knowledge, especially in highly diverse regions such as the Neotropics. Basic information on species occurrence and traits are scattered throughout different literature sources, which makes it difficult to access data and ultimately delays advances in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. We provide species occurrence and trait data for amphibian species in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, central South America. The compiled information is made available through two different datasets that hold (i) 17K species occurrence records and (ii) 30 species-level traits for 113 amphibian species. The first dataset includes the species occurrence records and informs specimen id, collection of housing, locality, geographical coordinates, geographic accuracy, collection date, and collector name. The second dataset covers species-level attributes on morphometry, diet, activity, habitat, and breeding strategy. These datasets improve accessibility to spatial and trait data for amphibian species in the Pantanal ecoregion, one of the largest wetlands on Earth.