Introduction of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in central Amazonia, Brazil

Vinícius Carvalho; André da Silva; Rafael de Fraga; Richard Vogt

doi:10.15560/9.4.849

Check List 9(4): 849-850, doi: 10.15560/9.4.849

Introduction of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in central Amazonia, Brazil

Vinícius T. de Carvalho^‡, Rafael de Fraga^§, André Luiz F. da Silva^§, Richard C. Vogt^|

‡ Universidade Federal do Amazonas; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil§ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil

Corresponding author: Vinícius Carvalho ( viniciustc@ig.com.br )

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Citation: Carvalho V, da Silva A, de Fraga R, Vogt R (2014) Introduction of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in central Amazonia, Brazil. Check List 9(4): 849-850. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.4.849

Abstract

This note reports new records of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus in central Amazonia (Manaus, Brazil). We found a small population on the banks of a small polluted tributary of the Negro river. The knowledge about the natural species range suggests that the population was introduced, probably carried to Manaus for commercial production.

Keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Leptodactylidae