Frogs of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil — The need for looking at the ‘coldspots’

Antonio Almeida; João Gasparini; Pedro Luiz Peloso

doi:10.15560/7.4.542

Check List 7(4): 542-560, doi: 10.15560/7.4.542

Frogs of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil — The need for looking at the ‘coldspots’

Antonio de Padua Almeida, João Luiz Gasparini, Pedro Luiz Vieira Peloso

Corresponding author: Antonio Almeida ( tonim@tamar.org.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: Almeida A, Gasparini J, Peloso P (2016) Frogs of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil — The need for looking at the ‘coldspots’. Check List 7(4): 542-460. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.4.542

Abstract

We present a list of the anuran amphibians of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. The list was compiled from data gathered from fieldwork over the course of the past 20 years in different localities, and from literature records and voucher specimens deposited in scientific collections. Our list comprises 133 species. Patchy sampling efforts and recent species descriptions suggest that the list may increase significantly with further sampling, considering the presence of several geographical gaps. The need for adequate sampling in these gap areas is highlighted.

Keywords