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- Title
Amphibians of Serra Bonita, southern Bahia: a new hotpoint within Brazil's Atlantic Forest hotspot.
- Authors
Dias, Iuri Ribeiro; Medeiros, Tadeu Teixeira; Nova, Marcos Ferreira Vila; Solé, Mirco
- Abstract
We studied the amphibian community of the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage (RPPN) Serra Bonita, an area of 20 km2 with steep altitudinal gradients (200-950 m a.s.l.) located in the municipalities of Camacan and Pau-Brasil, southern Bahia State, Brazil. Data were obtained at 38 sampling sites (including ponds and transects within the forest and in streams), through active and visual and acoustic searches, pitfall traps, and opportunistic encounters. We recorded 80 amphibian species distributed in 15 families: Aromobatidae (1), Brachycephalidae (3), Bufonidae (4), Centrolenidae (2), Ceratophryidae (1), Craugastoridae (7), Eleutherodactylidae (2), Hemiphractidae (2), Hylidae (42), Hylodidae (1), Leptodactylidae (7), Microhylidae (3), Siphonopidae (1), Odontophrynidae (3) and Pipidae (1). Species richness was positively correlated with monthly rainfall. Near 36% of the species were found in strictly forest environments, 15% are endemic to Bahia State and 77.2% are endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome. The large species diversity of this small area, the high degree of endemism and the taxonomic and biogeographic significance turn the Serra Bonita mountain into a hotpoint for amphibians within Brazil's Atlantic Forest hotspot.
- Subjects
MATA Atlantica (Brazil); BAHIA (Brazil : State); CLASSIFICATION of amphibia; BONITO; SPECIES distribution; SPECIES diversity; HEMIPHRACTIDAE; PITFALL traps
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2014, Issue 449, p105
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.449.7494