Check List 16(6): 1519-1522, doi: 10.15560/16.5.1519

New record of Barrio’s Frog, Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 (Anura, Rhinodermatidae), in Los Ríos region, Chile

Patricio Contreras Bravo^‡, Fernando Bustos Véliz^§, Ignacio Rodriguez-Jorquera^|

‡ Biodiversity Conservation Section, Corporación Nacional Forestal, Valdivia, Chile§ Corporacion Nacional Forestal, Valdivia, Chile| Centro Humedales Río Cruces, Universidad Austral de Chile, valdivia, Chile

Corresponding author: Patricio Contreras Bravo ( patricio.contreras@conaf.cl )

Academic editor: Daniel Passos

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Citation: Contreras Bravo P, Bustos Véliz F, Rodriguez-Jorquera I (2020) New record of Barrio’s Frog, Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 (Anura, Rhinodermatidae), in Los Ríos region, Chile. Check List 16(6): 1519-1522. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1519

Abstract

A new record of the Endangered, Chilean endemic Insuetophrynus acarpicus (Barrio 1970) is reported from Alerce Costero National Park, Chile. This species of frog is one of the most threatened anurans in the world, and, consequently, any new record of this species is highly important for assessing its known distribution and proposing urgent conservation actions. The new record is the first known site in the Chaihuín river basin, 15 km northwest of a site described by Segura in 2017. The new record fills a gap of the known distribution of I. acarpicus.

Keywords

Alerce Costero National Park, endemic species, protected areas, threatened species.