Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador

By

Camper, Jeffrey D.
Torres-Carvajal, Omar
Ron, Santiago R.
Nilsson, Jonas
Arteaga, Alejandro
Knowles, Travis W.
Arbogast, Brian S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-5-10

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

729--751

Subjects

Amphibians , Andes , Ecuador , herpetofauna , Reptiles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.729

 

Abstract

We conducted a long-term inventory of the herpetofauna of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary in the eastern part of the Napo Province in Ecuador. This private preserve is about 500 ha in size and is located on the southern slopes of Volcán Sumaco. The preserve contains primary forest, secondary forest, and pasture habitats. Based mostly on nocturnal transect sampling we documented 39 species of amphibians including one species of salamander, two species of caecilians, and 36 species of frogs. Rain frogs (Pristimantis Jiminez de la Espada, 1871) were diverse with 14 species documented. A diverse species assemblage of 45 reptile species was also documented on the preserve. Six amphibian species found were listed by the IUCN Red List. At least three species exhibited substantial geographic range extensions and seven species showed elevational range extensions. We discovered several undescribed species including one salamander, three frogs, one lizard, and one snake.