Check List 7(5): 574-577, doi: 10.15560/7.5.574
Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scarthyla vigilans (Solano, 1971): range extension and new country record for Trinidad, West Indies, with notes on tadpoles, habitat, behavior and biogeographical significance
Joanna M. Smith,
J. Roger Downie,
Rebecca F. Dye,
Victoria Ogilvy,
Daniel G. Thornham,
Michael G. Rutherford,
Stevland P. Charles,
John C. Murphy
Corresponding author:
Joanna Smith
(
frojo2525@hotmail.com
)
© 2017 Joanna Smith, J. Downie, Rebecca Dye, Victoria Ogilvy, Daniel Thornham, Michael Rutherford, Stevland Charles, John Murphy. 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:
Smith J, Thornham D, Charles S, Downie J, Dye R, Rutherford M, Ogilvy V, Murphy J (2016) Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scarthyla vigilans (Solano, 1971): range extension and new country record for Trinidad, West Indies, with notes on tadpoles, habitat, behavior and biogeographical significance. Check List 7(5): 574-577. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.5.574 |  |
Abstract
We report a range extension and new country record for Scarthyla vigilans in Trinidad, West Indies. The species was previously known only from populations on mainland South America. We include notes on behavior, habitat and tadpole development, and discuss the biogeographical significance of the species’ presence in Trinidad, particularly with respect to consequences for understanding colonization events on this Caribbean island.