Check List 11(2): e19179, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1581
Inventory and conservation priorities for amphibian species from Cerro Verde (Rocha, Uruguay) and surroundings
expand article infoCecilia Inés Bardier‡, Raúl Eduardo Maneyro§
‡ Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias ambientales, Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados. Iguá 4225, C.P. 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay, Uruguay§ Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias ambientales, Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados, Uruguay

Corresponding author: Cecilia Bardier ( ceciliabardier@gmail.com )

© 2017 Cecilia Bardier, Raúl Maneyro.
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Citation: Maneyro R, Bardier C (2015) Inventory and conservation priorities for amphibian species from Cerro Verde (Rocha, Uruguay) and surroundings. Check List 11(2): 1581. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1581
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Abstract
Cerro Verde Protected Area, on the coast of Uruguay, serves mainly to protect the marine fauna, which has charismatic species including marine turtles and dolphins. However, the terrestrial portion of this area has the conditions for hosting a great diversity of amphibians. The aims of this study were to build the inventory of amphibians from Cerro Verde, to assess its completeness and to compare it with the inventory constructed from historical records. Acoustic surveys were conducted monthly from 2007 to 2009 at 16 water bodies of the area. Nineteen species were found during this sampling period; the accumulation curve of richness showed an asymptotic pattern, indicating the completeness of the inventory. However, species previously collected in the area were not found during this study, suggesting a loss of diversity in the last decades.
Keywords
protected area; anurans; inventory completeness; conservation