Amphibia, Anura, Coastal Zone, state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil

Daniel Loebmann; Ana Mai

doi:10.15560/4.2.161

Check List 4(2): 161-170, doi: 10.15560/4.2.161

Amphibia, Anura, Coastal Zone, state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil

Daniel Loebmann^‡, Ana Cecília Giacometti Mai^§

‡ Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil§ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil

Corresponding author: Daniel Loebmann ( pinguimfiel@yahoo.com.br )

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: Loebmann D, Mai A (2008) Amphibia, Anura, Coastal Zone, state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil. Check List 4(2): 161-170. https://doi.org/10.15560/4.2.161

Abstract

Amphibians are an important component of terrestrial and aquatic freshwater communities worldwide. Especially to the Northern coastal zone of Brazil, the knowledge about amphibian communities is very scarce. We have studied amphibian assemblages along the coastal strip zone of the state of Piauí for two years, covering a distance of ca. 70 km. It was possible to prepare a list of 21 anurans from 6 families (Microhylidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Cycloramphidae, Leiuperidae, and Bufonidae). All species are common and widely distributed in Brazilian territory, tinga biome. The results are important to amplify the knowledge on the biodiversity found at the knowledge on the biodiveristy found at the coastal zone of the state of Piauí.

Keywords

Amphibia; Anura; new records; coastal zone; Brazil; tinga biome