Preliminary checklist of the herpetofauna of the upper Rio Urucu, Amazonas, Brazil

Gascon, Claude; Pereira, Ocírio de Souza

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751993000100006

Abstract

Thirty-three species of anuran amphibians and 22 species of reptiles were found in 9 days and nights of sampling in an unexplored region of Central Amazon. The community is characterized by typical lowland Amazonian species. The relatively short sampling time and high number of species caught indicates that this region probably has very high species richness.

Checklist; herpetofauna; Rio Urucu; Amazonas; Brazil

Preliminary checklist of the herpetofauna of the upper Rio Urucu, Amazonas, Brazil

Claude Gascon^I,II; Ocírio de Souza Pereira^II

^IDepartment of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada

^IIProjeto PDBFF, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970 Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Thirty-three species of anuran amphibians and 22 species of reptiles were found in 9 days and nights of sampling in an unexplored region of Central Amazon. The community is characterized by typical lowland Amazonian species. The relatively short sampling time and high number of species caught indicates that this region probably has very high species richness.

Key words: Checklist, herpetofauna, Rio Urucu, Amazonas, Brazil

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. This study was supported by World Wildlife Fund, The Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Smithsonian Institution, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Additional support was provided from a Graduate Fellowship from FCAR (Quebec). Support during the preparation of the manuscript was provided by grant # BSR 88-18001 to J. Travis and an NSERC (Canada) post-doctoral fellowship to CG. The authors wish to thank M. Rodrigues, U. Caramaschi, and M. Hoogmoed for identification of specimens, and J. Travis for reviewing the manuscript. We also wish to thank C. Peres and Petrobras for logistic help and allowing us to access the area. This is publication # 85 of the Biological Dynamics of Tropical Forest Fragments Project.

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Recebido em 15.IX.1993; aceito em 25.XI.1993.

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24 July 2009
Date of issue
1993

History

Accepted
25 Nov 1993
Received
15 Sept 1993

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[1] AICHINGER, M. 1987. Annual activity patterns of anurans in a seasonal neotropical environment. Oecologia 71:583-592.

[2] CRUMP, M.L. 1971. Quantitative analysis of the ecological distribution of a tropical herpetofauna. Occas Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 3:1-62.

[3] ______. 1974. Reproductive strategies in a tropical anuran community. Misc. Pub. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 61:1-68.

[4] DUELLMAN, W.E. 1978. The biology of an equatorial herpetofauna in amazonian Ecuador. Misc. Pub. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 65:1-485.

[5] ______. 1988. Patterns of species diversity in anuran amphibians in the American tropics. Ann. Mis. Bot. Garden 75:79-104.

[6] FROST, D.R. 1985. Amphibian species of the world. Lawrence Kansas, Assoc. Syst. Coll. V + 732p.

[7] HEYER, W.R. 1977. Taxonomic notes on frogs from the Madeira and Purus Rivers, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Zool., S. Paulo, 31:141-162.

[8] HÖDL, W.R. 1977. Call differences and calling site segregation in anuran species from Central Amazonian floating meadows. Oecologia 28:351-363.

[9] LESCURE, J. 1976. Contribution à l étude de amphibiens de Guyane Française. 6. Liste préliminaire des Anoures. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris (Zool.) 265:475-524.

[10] ______. 1986. Les amphibiens Anoures de la forêt guyanaise (région des Trois-Sauts, Guyane Française). Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Zool.) 132:43-52.

[11] PERES, C.A. & A. WHITTAKER. In Press. Annotated checklist of the bird species of the upper Rio Urucu, Amazonas, Brazil. Bull. British ornit. Club:1-23.

[12] TOFT. C.A. & W.E. DUELLMAN. 1979. Anurans of the lower Rio Llullapichis, Amazonian Peru: a preliminary analysis of community structure. Herpetologica 35:71-77.

[13] VANZOLINI, P.E. 1986. Levantamento herpetológico da área do estado de Rondônia sob influência da rodovia BR 364. Relatório de Pesquisa nº 1. Brasília, CNPq, Assessoria Editorial, 50p.

[14] ZIMMERMAN, B.L. & M.T. RODRIGUES. 1990. Frogs, Snakes and Lizards of the INPA-WWF reserves near Manaus, Brazil. In: A. GENTRY (ed.). Four Neotropical Forests. New Haven, Yale Univ. Press.