Check List 9(1): 133-135, doi: 10.15560/9.1.133
Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett,1899 (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratophryidae): new country record, distribution map and natural history notes
José Luiz Massao Moreira Sugai‡,
Gabriel Paganini Faggioni‡,
Liliana Piatti‡,
Anderson Aparecido Lemos§,
Franco Leandro Souza‡,
Cynthia Peralta de Almeida Prado|‡ Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil§ Rua Manoel Silva Neto, Brazil| Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
Corresponding author:
José Luiz Sugai
(
jlmassao@gmail.com
)
© 2017 José Luiz Sugai, Gabriel Faggioni, Liliana Piatti, Anderson Lemos, Franco Souza, Cynthia Prado. 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:
Sugai J, Souza F, Faggioni G, Lemos A, Piatti L, Prado C (2013) Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett,1899 (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratophryidae): new country record, distribution map and natural history notes. Check List 9(1): 133-135. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.1.133 |  |
Abstract
Lepidobatrachus asper is a large to medium frog known from the Chaco lowlands of Paraguay and Argentina. We provide the first species record for the Brazilian Chaco, which extends the species geographical distribution ca. 73 km northeast from Puerto Casado, Alto Paraguay Departament, Paraguay. We also provide a distribution map and information about the species habitat conditions and diet. The Brazilian Chaco is still poorly surveyed, and the rapid environmental degradation can lead to local extinctions of certain species.