Anurans of the municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

By

Pereira, Elvis A.
Neves, Matheus O.
Hote, Priscila S.
Santana, Diego J.
Feio, Renato Neves

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-10-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1977--13

Subjects

Amphibians , anuran fauna , Atlantic forest , inventory , new records

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1977

 

Abstract

Abstract: We present a list of the anuran amphibians from municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. This region is part of the remaining Atlantic Forest and the studied environments are represented by forest patches and open habitats. We recorded 29 anuran species, many of these typical and/or endemic to the Atlantic Forest. None of the species registered was considered under threat of extinction in state, national or international red-lists. It is worth noting, however, the presence of the tree frogs Dendropsophus pseudomeridianus, the first record of this species in the state of Minas Gerais, and D. bipunctatus, marking its expanded distribution in various locations of Minas Gerais. The present list examines zoogeography and conservation of anurans in the Brazilian southeast and broadens the knowledge of the anuran fauna in this region.