Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966: first records for the state of Sergipe

Francis Caldas; Bruno da Silva; Crizanto De-Carvalho; Rafael Santos; Daniel Santana; Renato Faria

doi:10.15560/6.3.427

Check List 6(3): 427-429, doi: 10.15560/6.3.427

Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966: first records for the state of Sergipe

Francis Luiz Santos Caldas, Crizanto Brito De-Carvalho, Daniel Olivera Santana, Rafael Alves dos Santos, Bruno Duarte da Silva, Renato Gomes Faria

Corresponding author: Francis Caldas ( francisluizmetal@gmail.com )

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Citation: Caldas F, da Silva B, De-Carvalho C, Santos R, Santana D, Faria R (2016) Amphibia, Anura, Leiuperidae, Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966: first records for the state of Sergipe. Check List 6(3): 427-429. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.3.427

Abstract

The genus Physalaemus is distributed from north to south in South America, east at Andes. Physalaemus cicada, belongs to the Physalaemus cuvieri group, is widely distributed and is usually found in the Caatinga calling in lentic and/or temporary water bodies. Herein, we present the first records of Physalaemus cicada for the state of Sergipe, corresponding to two localities (Serra da Guia and Monumento Natural Grota do Angico) in the municipality of Poço Redondo.

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