Reproductive biology and geographic variation of Zachaenus carvalhoi (Anura: Cycloramphidae), a Brazilian Atlantic Forest frog

Authors

  • Antonio Mollo Neto Universidade Federal do ABC. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas
  • Vanessa Kruth Verdade Universidade Federal do ABC. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas
  • Diego José Santana Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde
  • Celso Henrique Varela Rios Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas
  • Rose Marie Hoffmann de Carvalho Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas
  • Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Biociências

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v15i2p127-135

Keywords:

conservation, morphology, sexual dimorphism

Abstract

Information is presented on the reproductive biology, habitat, behavior, morphology, and variation in advertisement call in Zachaenus carvalhoi, a rare frog for which basic natural history data are lacking. The species inhabits forest leaf litter in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo in southeastern Brazil. Reproductive individuals were found from October to December; females are slightly larger than males. The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently lists Zachaenus carvalhoi as Data Deficient. We suggest transferring the species to the Near Threatened category based on the IUCN criteria A2 because of the decline of the size and quality of its severely fragmented habitat

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Published

2016-12-22

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Mollo Neto, A., Verdade, V. K., Santana, D. J., Rios, C. H. V., Carvalho, R. M. H. de, & Rodrigues, M. T. (2016). Reproductive biology and geographic variation of Zachaenus carvalhoi (Anura: Cycloramphidae), a Brazilian Atlantic Forest frog. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 15(2), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v15i2p127-135