Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett,1899 (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratophryidae): new country record, distribution map and natural history notes

By

Sugai, José Luiz Massao Moreira
Faggioni, Gabriel Paganini
Piatti, Liliana
Lemos, Anderson Aparecido
Souza, Franco Leandro
Prado, Cynthia Peralta de Almeida

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-3-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

133--135

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.1.133

 

Abstract

Lepidobatrachus asper is a large to medium frog known from the Chaco lowlands of Paraguay and Argentina. We provide the first species record for the Brazilian Chaco, which extends the species geographical distribution ca. 73 km northeast from Puerto Casado, Alto Paraguay Departament, Paraguay. We also provide a distribution map and information about the species habitat conditions and diet. The Brazilian Chaco is still poorly surveyed, and the rapid environmental degradation can lead to local extinctions of certain species.