Anurans of a remnant forest in Urussanga, Santa Catarina, southern of Brazil

By

Ceron, Karoline
De Bona Martins, Humberto
Zocche, Jairo José

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-12-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

2014--8

Subjects

Amphibians , Atlantic forest , Biodiversity , reproductive modes , subtropical region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2014

 

Abstract

We provide a list of amphibians from a Submontane Forest remnant in Urussanga municipality, Santa Catarina, southern of  Brazil. We sampling through visual and acoustic surveys in four distinct sites. Twenty-six species of anurans belonging to nine families were recorded, where nine species were rare, nine abundant, and eight common. Eleven reproductive modes were observed, with exotrophic tadpoles in still water (mode 1) being most frequent mode (38%). The period of highest vocalization activity occurred between October and January. Temperature, rainfall and air humidity were not correlated with the richness and abundance of calling males. Only photoperiod was positively correlated with the abundance of calling males and species richness.