Check List 20(4): 1004-1007, doi: 10.15560/20.4.1004
New record and range extension of Scarthyla goinorum Bokermann, 1962 (Amphibia, Hylidae) from Ouanary, French Guiana
Vincent Premel‡, Benoit Villette§, Thibaut Ferrieux|, Julien Piolain¶‡ Unaffiliated, Cayenne, French Guiana§ Association Trésor, Cayenne, French Guiana| Office National des Forêts de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana¶ Antilles Guyane Environnement, Cayenne, French Guiana
Corresponding author: Vincent Premel ( v.premel@yahoo.fr ) Academic editor: Javier Ernesto Cortés Suárez © Vincent Premel, Benoit Villette, Thibaut Ferrieux, Julien Piolain. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Premel V, Vilette B, Ferrieux T, Piolain J (2024) New record and range extension of Scarthyla goinorum Bokermann, 1962 (Amphibia, Hylidae) from Ouanary, French Guiana. Check List 20(4): 1004-1007. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.1004 |  |
Abstract
French Guiana is a French overseas territory located in northern South America. Here we report the first record of Scarthyla goinorum (Bokermann, 1962) from this territory, which represents a range extension of 450 km northward from the nearest previously known occurrence in Amapá state, Brazil. This is also the first occurrence outside the Amazon Basin and indicates the ability of the species to disperse efficiently to other watersheds possibly via floating rafts drifting along the coast.
Keywords
Amazon Basin, Guiana Shield, Coastal Forest