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Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 and Hylodidae Günther, 1858: distribution extension and new records for Santa Catarina, southern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2011 In the present study we report new records of the anurans Hypsiboas curupi, Scinax littoralis, Dendropsophus elegans, and Crossodactylus schmidti for the state of Santa Catarina.
Elaine Lucas, Paulo Garcia
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Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.Collared peccary wallows are used by a diverse assemblage of vertebrates in a Central American tropical wet forest. Wallows had significantly higher vertebrate activity and diversity compared to surrounding forest. Wallow visitors included 13 amphibian, 2 reptile, 11 bird, and 16 mammal species, engaged in behaviors including reproduction, drinking ...
Amanda Eckhoff +6 more
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Cytogenetics of two hylid frogs from Brazilian Cerrado
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2018 Cytogenetic data can be useful for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies, as well as to provide information about chromosome evolution. Therefore, it may help design conservation priorities for some threatened species, such as anurans.
Cíntia Pelegrineti Targueta +5 more
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Diversidade de anuros na Floresta Nacional de Chapecó, Floresta Atlântica do sul do Brasil [PDF]
, 2008 The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world's biological diversity hotspots but is nevertheless increasingly threatened with the rapid destruction and fragmentation of its natural areas. In the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, remnants of
FORTES, Vanessa Barbisan +1 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea +5 more
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2004 Con el objeto de proporcionar evidencia filogenética que sustente o no la monofilia del grupo rostratus de Scinax, se describieron y analizaron 46 caracteres de larvas y adultos para 20 especies de anuros (tres especies de Hyla, tres de Sphaenorhynchus,
Ángela M. Suárez-Mayorga +1 more
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Major knowledge shortfalls for Colombian Amazonian anurans: Implications for conservation
Austral Ecology, Volume 49, Issue 8, August 2024.Abstract The Amazon boasts the highest anuran species diversity in the world. The Colombian Amazon has the highest rates of illegal deforestation, leading to accelerated species loss. The objective of this review was to identify knowledge shortfalls in anuran research to effectively address conservation efforts.
Claudia P. Camacho‐Rozo +1 more
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Amphibians, Machalilla National Park, province of Manabí, western Ecuador [PDF]
Check List, 2006 Fifteen species of amphibians are reported from the Machalilla National Park, located in coastal western Ecuador. Scinax quinquefasciatus, Trachycephalus venulosus, and Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus are reported from the area for the first time.
Diego Cisneros-Heredia
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Herpetofauna de la Reserva Natural Provincial Isla Apipé Grande (Corrientes, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2014 La información sobre biodiversidad es imprescindible para conocer y valorar el patrimonio natural de una región, especialmente para tomar decisiones correctas orientadas a la conservación de su biota (Aceñolaza et al., 2004).
Acosta, José Luis +6 more
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 14, July 2024.Abstract The South American Dry Diagonal, also called the Diagonal of Open Formations, is a large region of seasonally dry vegetation extending from northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina, comprising the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco subregions. A growing body of phylogeography literature has determined that a complex history of climatic changes ...
Wilson X. Guillory +8 more
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