Anuran species of the Salto Morato Nature Reserve in Paraná, southern Brazil: review of the species list

By

Santos-Pereira, Manuela
Milani, Douglas
Barata-Bittencourt, Luiz Felipe
Iapp, Tcheily Miriele
Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte da

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-6-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

1907--11

Subjects

Amphibia , Atlantic forest , reproductive mode , species inventory

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1907

 

Abstract

We provide an updated checklist of the anurans of the Salto Morato Nature Reserve (SMNR), Paraná, southern Brazil, including information on species endemism, conservation status, habitat use, and reproductive modes. We sampled the study area between February 2013 and July 2015, using Visual Encounter Surveys, totaling 700 hours of sampling effort. We supplement our primary data with secondary data (published papers and voucher specimens), and through these, we found a total of 54 anuran species representing 23 genera and 10 families. All the frogs recorded are endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Although no species has been listed asEndangered on the Red Lists of Paraná state, Brazil, and the IUCN, five are classified as Data Deficient. Most of the species recorded were arboreal (55.5%), a third were terrestrial (33.3%), and the remainders were rheophilic (11.1%). We identified 18 different reproductive modes, with types 1 (lay eggs in lentic water where the tadpoles develop) and 23 (direct development of terrestrial eggs) being the most common. Our findings indicate that the SMNR currently has the greatest diversity of anuran species and reproductive modes of any area in southern Brazil.