Check List 10(2): 388-391, doi: 10.15560/10.2.388
A preliminary geographic distribution map of Elachistocleis muiraquitan Nunes de Almeida & Toledo, 2012 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)
Laura Allen‡, Rudolf von May§, Jaime Villacampa Ortega|, Oliver Burdekin|, Andrew Whitworth‡‡ The Crees Foundation; University of Glasgow, United Kingdom§ University of California at Berkeley, United States of America| The Crees Foundation, United Kingdom
Corresponding author: Laura Allen ( laurajallen@hotmail.com ) © 2017 Laura Allen, Rudolf von May, Jaime Ortega, Oliver Burdekin, Andrew Whitworth. 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:
Allen L, Burdekin O, von May R, Ortega J, Whitworth A (2014) A preliminary geographic distribution map of Elachistocleis muiraquitan Nunes de Almeida & Toledo, 2012 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae). Check List 10(2): 388-391. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.2.388 |  |
Abstract
Elachistocleis muiraquitan was recently described from fifteen specimens found at two sites in Acre state, northwestern Brazil. Prior to the description of E. muiraquitan, individuals fitting the description of this species found in southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia were identified as Elachistocleis bicolor, a species associated with markedly different habitat and environmental conditions. Here, we re-identified these specimens and also propose the first map of E. muiraquitan’s potential distribution, based on known localities along with climatic and environmental parameters.
Keywords
Amphibia; Anura; distribution; Elachistocleis muiraquitan; Brazil