2022/09/08 by Pedro P. G. Taucce, Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos, Thiago Ribeiro de Carvalho +1 · 3 voices · 8 citations
Environmental Science · Psychology · #Amazon rainforest #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal and Plant Science Education #Biodiversity #Biology #Biome #Checklist #Ecology #Ecosystem #Endangered species #Geography #Habitat #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Species richness #Taxonomy (biology) #Threatened species
paper · pdf · doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.836.1919
published in European Journal of Taxonomy 836 (Consortium of European Natural History Museums)
openalex publication_date 2022/09/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03
We herein present the first annotated anuran checklist for the Brazilian state of Amapá, eastern Amazonia, based on a thorough literature review. We recorded the occurrence of 111 species belonging to 13 anuran families distributed across 48 localities throughout Amapá, within two biomes. Among these species, 62.5% occur exclusively in the Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forest biome, ~8% occur exclusively in the Tropical Savanna biome, and ~29% occur in both. Two species were considered endemic to Amapá and were registered only in the central portion of the state. Regarding the conservation status, only one species (Dendropsophus amicorum) is classified as threatened, assigned to the “critically endangered” category. The other species are categorized as either “least concern” or “data deficient” (85 and 8, respectively), whereas 21 are not evaluated. The current annotated list contributes to the incipient knowledge on anuran species richness in Amapá and, despite the research regarding anuran taxonomy has considerably progressed over the past 20 years, there is still much to do. Our data highlight the need for trained taxonomists to develop research in the state.