First record of Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) in Brazil (Anura, Bufonidae)

By

Venâncio, Nathocley Mendes
Antonio De Freitas, Marco
Abegg, Arthur Diesel
Kokubum, Marcelo Nogueira de Carvalho

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-11-10

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

747--750

Subjects

Acre , Amazon rainforest , Geographic distribution

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.747

 

Abstract

Rhinella poeppigii, member of the Rhinella marina group, which currently consists of 11 species, inhabits primarily cloud forests in the central Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, reaching lowlands adjacent to the Andes, at elevations of 260–1800 m. This work presents the first record of R. poeppigii in Brazil, from the municipality of Assis Brasil, in the state of Acre. This record extends the distribution of the species 242 km northeast of the nearest record in Explorer’s Inn, Madre de Dios province, Peru.