Anurofauna of an Atlantic Rainforest fragment and its surroundings in Northern Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Author:

Almeida-Gomes M1,Almeida-Santos M1,Goyannes-Araújo P1,Borges-Júnior VNT1,Vrcibradic D1,Siqueira CC2,Ariani CV1,Dias AS1,Souza VV1,Pinto RR3,Van Sluys M1,Rocha CFD1

Affiliation:

1. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

3. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

We carried out a study on the anurofaunal community from an Atlantic Forest fragment (Monte Verde mountains) and the surrounding area in Cambuci municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, which constitutes one of the largest fragments remaining in the largely deforested landscape of the northern portion of the State. We combined three sampling methods: plot sampling, transects and pit-fall traps. We recorded twenty species of amphibians, of which only eleven were found within the forest fragment (and five of these also occurred in the surrounding matrix). Two of the species recorded in the present study (Crossodactylus sp. and Ischnocnema cf. parva) may represent undescribed taxa. Our records expand the distribution range of one species (Scinax trapicheiroi) to the north, and fill a geographic distribution gap for another one (Ischnocnema oea). The estimated overall density of frogs living in the leaf litter of the fragment (based on results of plot sampling) was 3.1 individuals/100 m², with Haddadus binotatus being the most abundant species (2.4 individuals/100 m²). Comparisons of our data with those of other studies suggest that anuran communities in forest fragments ca. 1,000 ha or smaller may be severely limited in their richness, and often include a large proportion of species tolerant to open areas, such as many hylids. Our results show the importance of increasing knowledge about the anurofaunal community of the northern portion of the State of Rio de Janeiro and preserve the forest remnants that still exist in the region.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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