Batrachyla taeniata (Girard, 1855): filling the distribution gap and describing a new type of habitat for this species in central Chile

Soledad Puente-Torres; Javier Simonetti

doi:10.15560/12.4.1917

Check List 12(4): e19519, doi: 10.15560/12.4.1917

Batrachyla taeniata (Girard, 1855): filling the distribution gap and describing a new type of habitat for this species in central Chile

Soledad Puente-Torres^‡, Javier A. Simonetti^‡

‡ Universidad de Chile, Chile

Corresponding author: Soledad Puente-Torres ( spuente@ug.uchile.cl )

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Citation: Puente-Torres S, Simonetti J (2016) Batrachyla taeniata (Girard, 1855): filling the distribution gap and describing a new type of habitat for this species in central Chile. Check List 12(4): 1917. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1917

Abstract

We report a new locality for Batrachyla taeniata, which fills a 290 km gap in its geographic distribution. The records add a new type of habitat for B. taeniata, which was recorded in commercial plantations of Pinus radiata.

Keywords

Maulino Forest; Amphibians; distribution; pine plantations; conservation