Identification key for anuran amphibians in a protected area in the northeastern Atlantic Forest

The identification of anuran amphibians is still a challenge in megadiverse assemblages. In the Neotropics, the Atlantic Forest harbors more than 600 anuran species, and many studies in this ecoregion report anuran assemblages surpassing 30 species. Taxonomic keys facilitate the identification of biological diversity, however only a few are available for anuran assemblages in the Atlantic Forest. Herein we present an identification key for 40 anuran species distributed across 20 genera and nine families, occurring in the Environmental Protection Area of Catolé and Fernão Velho, northeastern Atlantic Forest. Thirty-five morphological characteristics were used in the key, all of which can be easily observed in living and museum specimens. This pioneer study provides the first identification key for an amphibian assemblage in the northeastern Atlantic Forest and this baseline information acts as the starting point for the development of evolutionary and ecological research in this conservation unit

O girino de Chiasmocleis alagoanus Cruz, Caramaschi & Freire, 1999 (Anura: Microhylidae)

O girino de Chiasmocleis alagoanus é descrito pela primeira vez a partir de exemplares coletados na Mata do Catolé, município de Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. O girino tem hábitos lêntico e nectônico. Corpo triangular em vista lateral e oval em vista dorsal; focinho truncado em vista lateral, dorsal e ventral. Olhos laterais e aberturas nasais ausentes. Espiráculo mediano e com ampla abertura. Tubo anal ventral curto com abertura central, sem margem livre. Abertura oral terminalmente localizada, sem peças queratinizadas. Abas labiais superiores semicirculares recobrindo parcialmente a abertura oral. Fileiras de dentículos córneos ausentes. Comprimento da cauda correspondendo a 59,1% do comprimento total. Em preservativo o corpo é castanho claro e as vísceras parcialmente visíveis. Notas sobre o ambiente e comparação com outros girinos do gênero são apresentados

FIGURE 2 in Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae)

FIGURE 2. Tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (MUFAL 3780) at stage 36 (Gosner, 1960): (A) oral disc (scale = 2 mm); (B) dorsal view, showing the open nares; (C) ventral view, showing the spiracle and the anal tube (scale = 6 mm).Published as part of <i>Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti Do & Skuk, Gabriel Omar, 2007, Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae), pp. 59-65 in Zootaxa 1663 (1)</i> on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1663.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10088860">http://zenodo.org/record/10088860</a&gt

FIGURE 3 in Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae)

FIGURE 3. Upper labium of the oral disc of Hylomantis granulosa (MUFAL 3780) showing an almost complete row of marginal papillae, with a median gap (scale = 2 mm).Published as part of <i>Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti Do & Skuk, Gabriel Omar, 2007, Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae), pp. 59-65 in Zootaxa 1663 (1)</i> on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1663.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10088860">http://zenodo.org/record/10088860</a&gt

FIGURE 1 in Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae)

FIGURE 1. Tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (MUFAL 3780) at stage 36 (Gosner, 1960): (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view (scale = 6 mm).Published as part of <i>Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti Do & Skuk, Gabriel Omar, 2007, Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae), pp. 59-65 in Zootaxa 1663 (1)</i> on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1663.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10088860">http://zenodo.org/record/10088860</a&gt

Figure 1 in Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae)

Figure 1. Advertisement call of Agalychnis granulosa (MUFAL 8798). Air temperature: 20.9° C, relative humidity 94%. (A) Oscillogram, (B) sonogram, (C) frequency spectrum and (D) detail of the advertisement call showing the first four pulses of low intensity and spaced from each other.Published as part of Vilela, Bruno, Lisboa, Barnagleison Silva & Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do, 2014, Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae), pp. 709-717 in Journal of Natural History 49 (11) on page 712, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.897764, http://zenodo.org/record/400454

Figure 2 in Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae)

Figure 2. Amplectant pairs of Agalychnis granulosa in spawning process (A and B); and egg clutches of A. granulosa, in epiphyte roots (C) and in a bromeliad's leaf (D).Published as part of Vilela, Bruno, Lisboa, Barnagleison Silva & Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do, 2014, Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae), pp. 709-717 in Journal of Natural History 49 (11) on page 713, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.897764, http://zenodo.org/record/400454

Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae)

Vilela, Bruno, Lisboa, Barnagleison Silva, Nascimento, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do (2014): Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae). Journal of Natural History 49 (11): 709-717, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.89776