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Anurans of a protected area from Mantiqueira Complex, Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Anuros de uma Unidade de Conservação da Serra da Mantiqueira, Mata Atlântica do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Abstract:

The ecological domain of the Atlantic Forest holds a remarkable diversity of anurans with a great degree of endemism, most of which are distributed in high altitude areas, mostly represented by the mountains along the Mantiqueira Complex and Serra do Mar. Despite its biological importance, the region still shows a gap of sampling concerning the amphibians. Thus, we present the first systematic survey of the anuran fauna from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM), in the region of Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Two fieldwork expeditions were performed where fifteen sample points were inventoried through active night search and day audiovisual survey in breeding and foraging sites. The anuran fauna of the APABM presented 43 species distributed in 12 families, with the Hylidae family being the richest (17 species). Besides, four species had their distribution increased due to our findings (Hylodes perere, Physalaemus rupestris, Bokermannohyla ibitipoca and Ololygon cosenzai), all of them as endemic to the Mantiqueira Complex. This study revealed that the APABM has a great diversity of anuran species, more representative than adjacent regions such as the Parque Estadual Ibitipoca and close to the richness presented for the Parque Estadual Serra Negra da Mantiqueira. This work demonstrates the great importance of the APABM for conservation, highlighting it as an area of high diversity of the regional anuran species.

Keywords:
Anuran fauna; Inventory; Enviromental Protected Area; Boqueirão da Mira

Resumo:

O domínio ecológico da Mata Atlântica possui uma notável diversidade de anuros com grande grau de endemismo, a maioria distribuídos em áreas de alta altitude, representadas principalmente pelas montanhas ao longo da Serra da Mantiqueira e Serra do Mar. Apesar de sua importância biológica, a região ainda mostra uma lacuna de amostragem em relação aos anfíbios. Assim, apresentamos o primeiro levantamento sistemático da anurofauna da Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM), na região da Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Foram realizadas duas expedições de campo, onde quinze pontos amostrais foram inventariados por meio de procura ativa noturna e diurna audiovisual em locais de reprodução e forrageio. A anurofauna da APABM apresentou 43 espécies distribuídas em 12 famílias, sendo a família Hylidae a mais rica (17 espécies). Além disso, quatro espécies tiveram sua distribuição ampliada devido aos nossos achados (Hylodes perere, Physalaemus rupestris, Bokermannohyla ibitipoca e Ololygon cosenzai), todas elas sendo endêmicas do Complexo da Mantiqueira. Este estudo revelou que a APABM possui uma grande diversidade de espécies de anuros, mais representativas do que regiões adjacentes como o Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca e próximas à riqueza apresentada pelo Parque Estadual da Serra Negra da Mantiqueira. Este trabalho demonstra a grande importância da APABM para a conservação, destacando-a como uma área de alta diversidade de espécies de anuros regionais.

Palavras-chave:
Anurofauna; Inventário; Área de Proteção Ambiental; Boqueirão da Mira

Introduction

The Neotropics contain the greatest diversity of amphibians in the world, distributed throughout important ecoregions such as Amazonia, Atlantic Forest (AF) and Tropical Andes (Frost 2021FROST, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (accessed March 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
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). The AF comprises about 625 anuran species, of which more than 340 occur as endemic species (Haddad & Prado 2005HADDAD, C.F.B. & PRADO, C.P.A. 2005. Reproductive modes in frogs and their unexpected diversity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. BioScience 55: 207-217., Haddad et al. 2013HADDAD, C.F.B., TOLEDO, L.F., PRADO, C.P.A., LOEBMANN, D., GASPARINI, J.L. & SAZIMA, I. 2013. Guia dos Anfíbios da Mata Atlântica - Diversidade e Biologia. 1 ed. Anolis Books, São Paulo., Rossa-Feres et al. 2017ROSSA-FERES, D.D.C., GAREY, M.V., CARAMASCHI, U., NAPOLI, M.F., NOMURA, F., BISPO, A.A., BRASILEIRO, C.A., THOMÉ, M.T.C., SAWAYA, R.J., CONTE, C.E., CRUZ, C.A.G., NASCIMENTO, L.B., GASPARINI, J.L., ALMEIDA, A.P. & HADDAD, C.F.B. 2017. Anfíbios da Mata Atlântica: lista de espécies, histórico dos estudos, biologia e conservação. Revisões em Zoologia: Mata Atlântica 237-314.). This significant diversity is due to the region’s climate, vegetation structure and topography variation across the land, creating great complexes of mountains (e.g., Serra do Mar and Mantiqueira Complex) (Cruz & Feio 2007CRUZ, C.A.G. & FEIO, R.N. 2007. Endemismos em anfíbios em áreas de altitude na Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil. In Herpetologia no Brasil II (L.B. Nascimento & M.E. Oliveira, eds). Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, Belo Horizonte p.117-126., Carnaval & Moritz 2008CARNAVAL, A.C. & MORITZ, C. 2008. Historical climate modelling predicts patterns of current biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1187-1201., Carnaval et al. 2009CARNAVAL, A.C., HICKERSON, M.J., HADDAD, C.F.B., RODRIGUES, M.T. & MORITZ, C. 2009. Stability predicts genetic diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot. Science 323: 785-789., Vasconcelos et al. 2014VASCONCELOS, T.S., PRADO, V.H.M., DA SILVA, F.R. & HADDAD, C.F.B., 2014. Biogeographic Distribution Patterns and Their Correlates in the Diverse Frog Fauna of the Atlantic Forest Hotspot. Plos One 9: e104130.). Nonetheless, the AF has been deeply impacted by urban expansion, mining activities, agriculture and livestock ranching (Morellato & Haddad 2000MORELLATO, L.P.C. & HADDAD, C.F.B. 2000. Introduction: The Brazilian Atlantic forest. Biotropica 32:786-792., Tabarelli et al. 2010TABARELLI M., AGUIAR A.V., RIBEIRO M.C., METZGER J.P. & PERES C.A. 2010. Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: lessons from aging human‐modified landscapes. Biological Conservation 143: 2328-2340.), remaining solely around 11.4% -16% of the original extension (SOSMA 2021SOSMA. 2021. Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica. Florestas. Accessible at https://www.sosma.org.br (last access in 31/05/2021)
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). Different morphoclimatic conditions and high species diversity, along with the serious degree of threat, aid to classify the AF as a biodiversity hotspot for conservation priorities worldwide (Mittermeier et al. 2004MITTERMEIER, R.A., ROBLES GIL, P., HOFFMAN, M., PILGRIM, J.T., BROOKS, T., MITTERMEIER, C.G., LAMOUREUX, J. & DA FONSECA, G.A.B. 2004. Hotspots Revisited: Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Threatened Terrestrial Ecosystems. CEMEX.).

Along the AF, the highlands, mostly in the central-southern portion, hold a remarkable diversity of anurans, considered important for maintaining taxonomic diversity and evolutionary history, with a great degree of endemism (Cruz & Feio 2007CRUZ, C.A.G. & FEIO, R.N. 2007. Endemismos em anfíbios em áreas de altitude na Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil. In Herpetologia no Brasil II (L.B. Nascimento & M.E. Oliveira, eds). Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, Belo Horizonte p.117-126., Neves et al. 2018NEVES, M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., SUGAI, J.L.M., ROCHA, S.B., FEIO, R.N. & SANTANA, D.J. 2018. Distribution pattern of anurans from three mountain complexes in southeastern Brazil and their conservation implications. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 90(2): 1611-1623., Silva et al. 2018SILVA, E.T.D., PEIXOTO, M.A.A., LEITE, F.S., FEIO, R.N. & GARCIA, P.C. 2018. Anuran distribution in a highly diverse region of the Atlantic Forest: the Mantiqueira mountain range in southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 74(4): 294-305.). This is primarily because of heterogeneous habitats and the floristics assemblages, altitudinal gradients and humidity in the region (Cruz & Feio 2007CRUZ, C.A.G. & FEIO, R.N. 2007. Endemismos em anfíbios em áreas de altitude na Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil. In Herpetologia no Brasil II (L.B. Nascimento & M.E. Oliveira, eds). Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, Belo Horizonte p.117-126., Vasconcelos et al. 2014VASCONCELOS, T.S., PRADO, V.H.M., DA SILVA, F.R. & HADDAD, C.F.B., 2014. Biogeographic Distribution Patterns and Their Correlates in the Diverse Frog Fauna of the Atlantic Forest Hotspot. Plos One 9: e104130.). On the other hand, in addition to the human impact already mentioned, the chytridiomycosis has been strengthening the decline of amphibians in the AF (Toledo et al. 2006TOLEDO, L.F.; HADDAD, C.F.B; CARNAVAL, A.C.O.Q. & BRITO, F.B. 2006. A Brazilian anuran (Hylodes magalhaesi: Leptodactylidae) infected by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: a conservation concern. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 4: p.1721. , Carvalho et al. 2017CARVALHO, T., BECKER, C.G. & TOLEDO, L.F. 2017. Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1848): 20162254.). This degradation has likely contributed to the decline or extinction of anuran populations in the Mantiqueira Complex (Silva et al. 2018SILVA, E.T.D., PEIXOTO, M.A.A., LEITE, F.S., FEIO, R.N. & GARCIA, P.C. 2018. Anuran distribution in a highly diverse region of the Atlantic Forest: the Mantiqueira mountain range in southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 74(4): 294-305.). Lastly, despite the diversity and importance of the highlands, these areas remain poorly know, and inventories of species are still needed in order to better understand the complexity of these environments and fill a gap of sampling.

Another way to mitigate the impact of fragmentation on diversity is restoring lost natural areas by increasing connectivity between protected areas (Cabeza & Moilainen 2001CABEZA, M. & MOILANEN, A. 2001. Design of reserve networks and the persistence of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16(5): 242-248.). In the Mantiqueira Complex, the Mantiqueira Ecological Corridor encompasses part of 42 municipalities and embraces significant protected areas like Área de Proteção Ambiental (APA - Environmental Protected Area) Fernão Dias, APA Serra da Mantiqueira, Parque Estadual (PE - State Park) Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, PE do Ibitipoca, PE da Serra do Papagaio, PE Serra do Brigadeiro, Parque Nacional (PN - National Park) do Caparaó and the PN do Itatiaia (Valor Natural 2005VALOR NATURAL. 2005. Série Corredor Ecológico da Mantiqueira. Temas de Interesse para gestão ambiental. CD-ROM.). That ecological corridor also holds the APA Boqueirão da Mira (APABM, hereafter) which presents a vegetation mosaic containing a variety of phytophysiognomies (e.g., forest, field, cropland, cloud dwarf forest, cloud forest, anthropic areas) according to Management Plan of the APABM (Lumiar & Xingu Rio 2019). Historically, the region was used in timber extraction, family agriculture and livestock, which explains the occurrence of modified areas (Lumiar & Xingu Rio 2019). Studies related to conservation highlighted the habitat loss and fragmentation, resulted from human exploitation, as the mainly reason for amphibians’ population decline (Brooks et al. 2002BROOKS, T.M., MITTERMEIER, R.A., MITTERMEIER, C.G., FONSECA, G.A.B., RYLANDS, A.B., KONSTANT, W.R., FLICK, P., PILGRIM, J., OLDFIELD, S. MAGIN, G. & HILTON-TAYLOR, C. 2002. Habitat loss & extinction in the hotspots of biodiversity. Conservation Biology 16: 909-923., Gardner et al. 2007GARDNER, T.A., BARLOW, J. & PERES, C.A. 2007. Paradox, presumption & pitfalls in conservation biology: the importance of habitat change for amphibians & reptiles. Biological Conservation 138: 166-179., Verdade et al. 2010VERDADE, V.K., DIXO, M. & CURCIO, F.F. 2010. Os riscos de extinção de sapos, rãs e pererecas em decorrência das alterações ambientais. Estudos Avançados 24(68): 161-172.). However, the APABM remains poorly sampled for many animal and plant groups, including anurans (Lumiar & Xingu Rio 2019). Faunistic inventories are extremely relevant in order to comprehend biodiversity and, consequently, for conservation action planning (Haddad 1998HADDAD, C.F.B. 1998. Biodiversidade dos Anfíbios no Estado de São Paulo. In Biodiversidade do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil: síntese do conhecimento ao final do Século XX (R.M.C. Castro, ed). FAPESP, v.6, p.15-26., Provete 2015PROVETE, D.B. 2015. Wherefore & whither a Check List? The journal at the age of 10. Check List 11(4): 1680.). The lack of available data concerning anurans composition along the Mantiqueira Complex, affects negatively the establishment of general biological patterns for tropical species (e.g., reproduction, trophic and thermal relations, population dynamics) (Provete 2015PROVETE, D.B. 2015. Wherefore & whither a Check List? The journal at the age of 10. Check List 11(4): 1680.). Thus, we aimed to present herein the anuran species list from APABM located at the southeast portion of Minas Gerais state, with commentaries about those species and filling a gap of sampling for AF, a priority conservation region.

Material and Methods

1. Study area

We carried out the present study in the Área de Preservação Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM) (-22.0527 S, -44.0353 W, WGS84), located in the Zona da Mata region, southeast of Minas Gerais state, in the municipality of Santa Rita de Jacutinga (Figure 1a), Brazil. Placed at the Mantiqueira Ecological Corridor (Costa et al. 1998COSTA, C.M.R., HERMANN, G., MARTINS, C.S., LINS, L.V. & LAMAS, I.R. 1998. Biodiversidade em Minas Gerais: um atlas para sua conservação. Fundação Biodiversitas, Belo Horizonte., Valor Natural 2005VALOR NATURAL. 2005. Série Corredor Ecológico da Mantiqueira. Temas de Interesse para gestão ambiental. CD-ROM.), the region belongs to the Mantiqueira Complex, with the altitudinal range varying from 450 to 1746 m above sea level. The APABM has an area of 8.515 ha and is located close to the borderline between Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro state (6 km straight line), and to Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca (30 km) and the Parque Estadual Serra Negra da Mantiqueira (6 km) (Figure 1b).

Figure 1
Location of the Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM - red star) in the Minas Gerais state (gray background), municipality of Santa Rita de Jacutinga, Southeastern Brazil. (a) Delimitation (red polygon) and sampling areas throughout APABM. The numbers follow Table 1. (b) Proximity between different protected areas in the region connected by the “Serra da Mantiqueira” Ecological Corridor project. White stripe = state border; MG = Minas Gerais state; RJ = Rio de Janeiro state.

2. Sampling methods

We did the survey through 15 sampling points, distributed along different habitats in the APABM (Figure 1a, Table 1): (1) Mata do Espineli, (2) Serra da Água Santa, (3) Estrada Torres Furnas, (4) Brejos da Figueira, (5) Brejos Vila Cruzeiro, (6) Quilombo Hightech, (7) Boqueirão da Mira, (8) Fazenda Santa Clara das Palmeiras, (9) Mata Santa Clara das Palmeiras, (10) Brejos Fazenda Barro Branco, (11) Brejos estrada para Serra da Bandeira, (12) Ribeirão Santa Clara, (13) Lagoa temporária Serra do Chora, (14) Serra da Bandeira and (15) Serrote São Lourenço. More explanation about each area (habitat description, altitude and coordinates) is in the Table 1.

Table 1
Sampling points of Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira.

We did the fieldwork in two expeditions with five consecutive days in October and ten consecutive days in November of 2018. We applied the active night search and day audiovisual survey as the method for chasing amphibians, along the breeding and foraging sites (Heyer et al. 1994HEYER, W.R, DONNELLY M.A, MCDIARMID, R.W., HAYEK, L.C & FOSTER, M.S. 1994. Measuring and monitoring biological diversity. Standard methods for amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press 384pp, Washington.). The inventory was performed by three researchers, during five hours per day, resulting in a total effort of 75 hours person. Voucher specimens were killed under the process of immersion in water with hydrochloric of benzocaine 250 mg/l, following the recommendations of Portaria CFBio Nº 148/2012. Afterwards, we collected aliquots of liver for future molecular analysis, and those were conditioned in ethanol 100%. We fixed individuals according to the usual techniques described by Gomides et al. (2013)GOMIDES, S.C., RIBEIRO, L.B., PETERS, V.M. & SOUSA, B.M. 2013. Feeding and reproduction ecology of the lizard Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in a rock outcrop area in southeastern Brazil. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 86(2), 137-151. and deposited in the amphibian’s collection of Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (CAUFJF) (Appendix I) (Colect Permission ICMBio 65519-1). We also gathered data from specimens previously collected within the APABM and deposited in the herpetological collection of Museu de Zoologia João Moojen of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (MZUFV).

For each recorded species we verified the conservation status according to: List of threatened species for Minas Gerais state (Drummond et al. 2008DRUMMOND, G.M., MACHADO, A.B.M., MARTINS, C.S., MENDONÇA, M.P. & STEHMANN, J.R. 2008. Listas vermelhas das espécies de fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção em Minas Gerais. Fundação Biodiversitas Belo Horizonte.), Brazilian List of threatened species (ICMBio 2018INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE. 2018. Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. ICMBio 492pp, Brasilia.) and International Union for Conservation of Nature red-list (IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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).

Results

We registered a total of 43 anuran species for the Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM) (Table 2, Figure 2 - 6), belonging to 12 families: Brachycephalidae (5 species), Bufonidae (2 spp.), Centrolenidae (1 sp.), Craugastoridae (1 sp.), Cycloramphidae (1 sp.), Hemiphractidae (1 sp.), Hylidae (17 spp.), Hylodidae (2 spp.), Leptodactylidae (10 spp.), Microhylidae (1 sp.), Phyllomedusidae (1 sp.) and Odontophrynidae (1 sp.).

Table 2
Amphibian species recorded at the Área de Preservação Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira. Taxon: (Family/Species); habitat (FA - forest area; OA - open area; OS - open swamp; FS - forest swamp; CF -cloud forest; FC - forest creek; RI - rivers); and sampling point according to the Table 1. * Represents distribution extension records.

Figure 2
Anuran species from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira: (A) Ischnocnema izecksohni; (B) I. juipoca; (C) I. gr. parva; (D) Rhinella icterica; (E) R. ornata; (F) Haddadus binotatus; (G) Thoropa miliaris; and (H) Aplastodiscus arildae.

Figure 3
Anuran species from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira: (A) Boana albopunctata; (B) B. faber; (C) B. pardalis; (D) B. polytaenia; (E) Bokermannohyla circumdata; (F) B. ibitipoca; (G) B. luctuosa; and (H) Dendropsophus decipiens.

Figure 4
Anuran species from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira: (A) Dendropsophus elegans; (B) D. minutus; (C) Ololygon cosenzai; (D) O. flavoguttata; (E) Ololygon sp.; (F) Scinax cf. perereca; (G) S. eurydice; and (H) S. fuscovarius.

Figure 5
Anuran species from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira: (A) Hylodes perere; (B) H. lateristrigatus; (C) Adenomera marmorata; (D) Leptodactylus furnarius; (E) L. fuscus; (F) L. cf. jolyi; (G) L. labyrinthicus; and (H) L. latrans. Photo (B) Clodoaldo Assis.

Figure 6
Anuran species from Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira: (A) Physalaemus cuvieri; (B) P. rupestris; (C) Elachistocleis cesarii; (D) Proceratophrys boiei; and (E) Phyllomedusa burmeisteri.

We considered Quilombo Hightech as the richest locality among the sampled areas (15 spp.), closely followed by Brejos Figueira (13 spp.) and Serra da Bandeira (12 spp.). Ischnocnema gr. parva, Ischnocnema sp., Aplastodiscus arildae, Ololygon cosenzai, Ololygon sp., O. flavoguttata, Scinax cf. perereca, Hylodes perere, H. lateristrigatus and Physalaemus rupestris were registered only above 1000 m of elevation. On the other hand, other species (Dendropsophus elegans, D. minutus, Boana polytaenia, Leptodactylus fuscus, L. latrans and Rhinella icterica) were profusely found on several localities.

None of the species we found at APABM were categorized in any threatening level. However, some of them are classified as “Data Deficient” (DD): Bokermannohyla ibitipoca and Physalaemus rupestris (Drummond et al. 2008DRUMMOND, G.M., MACHADO, A.B.M., MARTINS, C.S., MENDONÇA, M.P. & STEHMANN, J.R. 2008. Listas vermelhas das espécies de fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção em Minas Gerais. Fundação Biodiversitas Belo Horizonte.); Hylodes perere and Physalaemus rupestris (ICMBio 2018INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE. 2018. Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. ICMBio 492pp, Brasilia.); and Ischnocnema izecksohni, Bokermannohyla ibitipoca, Physalaemus rupestris and Leptodactylus jolyi (IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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). Although being out of the IUCN (2019)IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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, Ischnocnema gr. parva, Vitreorana uranoscopa, Bokermannohyla circumdata, B. luctuosa and Ololygon flavoguttata are facing population decreasing nowadays (IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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).

Discussion

In this study, we present the first anuran species list for the Área de Proteção Ambiental Boqueirão da Mira (APABM). Our results (43 species) reveal 6,9% of the known anurans richness for the Atlantic Forest (AF) (625 species; Rossa-Feres et al. 2017ROSSA-FERES, D.D.C., GAREY, M.V., CARAMASCHI, U., NAPOLI, M.F., NOMURA, F., BISPO, A.A., BRASILEIRO, C.A., THOMÉ, M.T.C., SAWAYA, R.J., CONTE, C.E., CRUZ, C.A.G., NASCIMENTO, L.B., GASPARINI, J.L., ALMEIDA, A.P. & HADDAD, C.F.B. 2017. Anfíbios da Mata Atlântica: lista de espécies, histórico dos estudos, biologia e conservação. Revisões em Zoologia: Mata Atlântica 237-314.) and show a similar diversity amongst other studies in the AF (e.g., Moura et al. 2012MOURA, M.R., MOTTA, A.P., FERNANDES, V.D. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. Herpetofauna from Serra do Brigadeiro, an Atlantic Forest remain in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 12(1): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n1/en/abstract?inventory+bn01012012012. (last access in 15/09/2019)
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, Campos & Lourenço-de-Moraes 2017CAMPOS, F.S. & LOURENÇO-DE-MORAES, R. 2017. Anurans from the mountain chain Serra do Mar: a critical area for amphibian conservation in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 10: 547-560., Neves et al. 2017aNEVES, M.O., FERREIRA, V.G., FONSECA, E.M., CERON, K., VARELA-RIOS, C.H. & CARVALHO, R.M.H. 2017a. Anurans of Juiz de Fora Municipality, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Oecologia Australis 21: 374-384 , 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311., Roberto et al. 2017ROBERTO, I.J., OLIVEIRA, C.R.D., ARAÚJO FILHO, J.A.D., OLIVEIRA, H.F.D. & ÁVILA, R.W. 2017. The herpetofauna of the Serra do Urubu mountain range: a key biodiversity area for conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 57(27): 347-373.), with Hylidae presenting the highest richness among the families. This pattern is commonly found in anuran species inventories along the AF, which includes those from the Mantiqueira Complex (Silva et al. 2018SILVA, E.T.D., PEIXOTO, M.A.A., LEITE, F.S., FEIO, R.N. & GARCIA, P.C. 2018. Anuran distribution in a highly diverse region of the Atlantic Forest: the Mantiqueira mountain range in southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 74(4): 294-305.). Furthermore, we registered four species that are endemic to the Mantiqueira Complex (Bokermannohyla ibitipoca, Ololygon cosenzai, Physalaemus rupestris and Hylodes perere) (Silva & Benmaman 2008SILVA, H.R. & BENMAMAN, P. 2008. Uma nova espécie de Hylodes Fitzinger da Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais, Brasil (Anura: Hylodidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 89-99., Lacerda et al. 2012LACERDA, J.V.A., PEIXOTO, O.L. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. A new species of the bromeligenous Scinax perpusillus group (Anura: Hylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3271: 31-42., Neves et al. 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311.). In addition, our list shares a great number of species which were also registered by Neves et al. (2017b)NEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311. to the Serra Negra da Mantiqueira region, which reinforces the importance of connectivity between these highlands. Despite the importance of these areas, both localities might be considered essential for the maintenance of biodiversity in the Brazilian AF altogether (Cruz & Feio 2007CRUZ, C.A.G. & FEIO, R.N. 2007. Endemismos em anfíbios em áreas de altitude na Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil. In Herpetologia no Brasil II (L.B. Nascimento & M.E. Oliveira, eds). Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, Belo Horizonte p.117-126., Silva et al. 2018SILVA, E.T.D., PEIXOTO, M.A.A., LEITE, F.S., FEIO, R.N. & GARCIA, P.C. 2018. Anuran distribution in a highly diverse region of the Atlantic Forest: the Mantiqueira mountain range in southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 74(4): 294-305.).

Notably, some species we found in our study can be considered as taxonomic uncertainties. Scinax cf. perereca was recorded in open-like swamps at “Brejos Fazenda Barro Branco” and “Brejos estrada para Serra da Bandeira” (Table 2). We decided to identify as S. cf. perereca as long as it is a taxonomic complexity, mainly due to morphological similarities among the group (Nunes et al. 2012NUNES, I., KWET, A. & POMBAL JR., J.P. 2012. Taxonomic revision of the Scinax alter Species Complex (Anura: Hylidae). Copeia 2012(3): 554-569.). The specimens we found here morphologically resemble the true species S. perereca Pombal, Haddad & Kasahara, 1995, which is broadly distributed along Southern AF. Likewise, other populations considered as Scinax aff. perereca have been found in the region (Canelas & Bertoluci 2007CANELAS, M.A. & BERTOLUCI, J. 2007. Anurans of the Serra do Caraça, southeastern Brazil: species composition & phenological patterns of calling activity. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 97(1): 21-26. , Moura et al. 2012MOURA, M.R., MOTTA, A.P., FERNANDES, V.D. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. Herpetofauna from Serra do Brigadeiro, an Atlantic Forest remain in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 12(1): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n1/en/abstract?inventory+bn01012012012. (last access in 15/09/2019)
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, Pirani et al. 2012PIRANI, R.M., NASCIMENTO, L.B. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. Anurans in a forest remnant in transition zone between cerrado & atlantic rain forest domains in southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 85(3): 1093-1104., Pimenta et al. 2014PIMENTA, B.V.S., COSTA, D., MURTA-FONSECA, R. & PEZUTTI, T. 2014. Anfíbios: Alvorada de Minas, Conceição do Mato Dentro, Dom Joaquim: Minas Gerais. Bicho do Mato, Belo Horizonte., Neves et al. 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311.). Nonetheless, the taxon still remains without a precise identification to the species level. Individuals of Leptodactylus cf. jolyi of APABM were not identified to the specific level due to the taxonomic complexity presented by this group. The species is morphologically similar to L. sertanejo which was described from Uberlândia by Giaretta & Costa (2007)GIARETTA, A.A. & COSTA, H.C.M. 2007. A redescription of Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima & Bokermann (Anura, Leptodactylidae) & the recognition of a new closely related species. Zootaxa 1608: 1-10. and is considered endemic of Cerrado vegetation. Since L. sertanejo was described based on different characteristics of individuals previously recognized as L. jolyi, and due to the lack of a clear distribution map for late species, we carefully assume the specimen from APABM as Leptodactylus cf. joyli. The same name was used by Neves et al. (2017b)NEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311. after analyzing acoustic parameters between L. sertanejo, L. jolyi and L. cf. jolyi from “Serra Negra da Mantiqueira”. All this reveals the need for future revisions regarding the group, with the aid of integrative tools. Moreover, we recorded other four anuran species which we were not able to identify to the species level: Gastrotheca sp., Adenomera sp., Ololygon sp. and Ischnocnema sp. Firstly, Gastrotheca sp. is an anuran difficulty to find, since it lives and reproduces in the canopy of trees in the AF, becoming difficult to record and rare in scientific collections (Izecksohn & Carvalho-e-Silva 2008IZECKSOHN, E. & CARVALHO-E-SILVA, S.P. 2008. As espécies de Gastrotheca Fitzinger na Serra dos Órgãos, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Amphibia: Anura: Amphignathodontidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 100-110.). Although we found this species only recording the vocalization high in the trees, which were in accordance with the ones of the genus Gastrotheca, it was at the same sort of environment the species usually lives. So, we carefully decided to register this species only at the genus level. Second, both genus Adenomera and Ischnocnema present a complex taxonomy (Gehara et al. 2013GEHARA, M., CANEDO, C., HADDAD, C.F.B. & VENCES, M. 2013. From widespread to microendemic: molecular and acoustic analyses show that Ischnocnema guentheri (Amphibia: Brachycephalidae) is endemic to the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Conservation Genetics 14: 973-982. , Cassini et al. 2020CASSINI, C.S., TAUCCE P.P.G., CARVALHO, T.R., FOUQUET, A., SOLÉ, M., HADDAD. C.F.B & GARCIA, P.C.A. 2020. One step beyond a broad molecular phylogenetic analysis: Species delimitation of Adenomera marmorata Steindachner, 1867 (Anura: Leptodactylidae). PloS one 15(2): e0229324.), and molecular integrative approaches could elucidate the species complex hypothesis in both groups and arise with new candidate species or an accurate identification. For that reason, we prefer to assign both species only at the genus level. Also, we highlight the need for future investigations regarding this topic using molecular approaches. Finally, regarding the Ololygon sp., we recorded this species only in one sampling point (“Serra da Bandeira”) at 1.700m above sea level. It corresponds to two individuals that we were not able to reach the proper identification till specific level. We firmly believe that could be an undescribed species, but further specimens sampling and examination should clarify this assumption.

Four species had their distribution increased according to our findings in this study. Firstly, Bokermannohyla ibitipoca (Figure 3f) was described to the Parque Estadual (PE) Ibitipoca, in an area of cloud savanna and cloud shrubland with gallery forests along the creek (Caramaschi & Feio 1990CARAMASCHI, U. & FEIO, R.N. 1990 A new species of Hyla (Anura, Hylidae) from southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Copeia 2: 542-546., Moreira et al. 2018MOREIRA, B., CARVALHO, F.A., NETO, L.M. & SALIMENTA, F.R.G. 2018. Phanerogamic flora and phytogeography of the Cloud Dwarf Forests of Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 18 (2): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v18n2/pt/abstract?inventory+bn01518022018. (last access in 05/02/2020)
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), and it was recorded in a temporary pond at the APABM. Although the species has already been found in PE Serra Negra da Mantiqueira (Neves et al. 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311.), PE Serra do Brigadeiro (Feio et al. 2003FEIO, R.N., FERREIRA, P.L. & PANTOJA, D.L. 2003. Bokermannohyla ibitipoca. Herpetological Review 34(3): 258.; Moura et al. 2012MOURA, M.R., MOTTA, A.P., FERNANDES, V.D. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. Herpetofauna from Serra do Brigadeiro, an Atlantic Forest remain in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 12(1): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n1/en/abstract?inventory+bn01012012012. (last access in 15/09/2019)
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) and Serra da Boa Vista (Moura et al. 2008MOURA, M.R., GASPARINI, J.L. & FEIO, R.N. 2008. Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Bokermannohyla ibitipoca: Distribution extension, new state record & geographic distribution map. Check List 4: 389-391.), is categorized as Data Deficient (Drummond et al. 2008DRUMMOND, G.M., MACHADO, A.B.M., MARTINS, C.S., MENDONÇA, M.P. & STEHMANN, J.R. 2008. Listas vermelhas das espécies de fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção em Minas Gerais. Fundação Biodiversitas Belo Horizonte., IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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). Now, we increase its distribution, coming out with a new occurrence record. Hylodes perere (Figure 5a), a medium-sized torrent frog, registered at three sampling points (see Table 2), is also categorized as Data Deficient (ICMBio 2018INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE. 2018. Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. ICMBio 492pp, Brasilia., IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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). The species is described to the PE Serra Negra da Mantiqueira and it is known only for the type locality heretofore (Silva & Benmaman 2008SILVA, H.R. & BENMAMAN, P. 2008. Uma nova espécie de Hylodes Fitzinger da Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais, Brasil (Anura: Hylodidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 89-99.). Herein we increase the range distribution of the species to the APABM region and even presenting a short distance, this is the first record for H. perere outside Serra Negra da Mantiqueira. Additionally, we increase the number of locality records of Physalaemus rupestris (Figure 6b), originally described only to the type locality, in the PE Ibitipoca (Caramaschi et al. 1991CARAMASCHI, U., CARCERELLI, L.C. & FEIO, R.N. 1991. A new species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 47: 148-151.). We registered P. rupestris in a temporary high elevation pond and in a forest swamp (Table 2). Besides our record, the species has been found at the Serra Negra da Mantiqueira (Oliveira et al. 2009OLIVEIRA, E.F., TOLLEDO, J. & FEIO, R.N. 2009. Amphibia, Anura, Physalaemus rupestris Caramaschi, Carcerelli & Feio, 1991: Distribution extension & geographic distribution map. Check List 5: 815-818., Neves et al. 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311.). Lastly, Ololygon cosenzai (Figure 4c), described by Lacerda et al. (2012)LACERDA, J.V.A., PEIXOTO, O.L. & FEIO, R.N. 2012. A new species of the bromeligenous Scinax perpusillus group (Anura: Hylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3271: 31-42. to the PE Serra do Brigadeiro, was found in high elevations forests at the “Estrada Torres Furnas” and “Serra da Bandeira” (Table 2). Exclusively inhabiting bromeliads and belonging to O. perpusillus species group (Peixoto 1987PEIXOTO, O.L., 1987. Caracterização do grupo perpusilla e revalidação da posição taxonômica de Ololygon perpusilla perpusilla e Ololygon perpusilla v-signata (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Arquivos da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 10: 37-49., Brasileiro et al. 2005BRASILEIRO, C.A., SAWAYA, R.J., KIEFER, M.C. & MARTINS, M. 2005. Amphibians of an open Cerrado fragment in southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 5(2): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v5n2/pt/abstract?article+BN00405022005 (last access in 18/01/2019)
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), O. cosenzai has been also found in other places throughout the Mantiqueira Complex (Neves et al. 2016NEVES, M.O., ASSIS, C.L., NEVES, C.P., SANTOS, P.S. & FEIO, R.N. 2016. Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scinax cosenzai Lacerda, Peixoto & Feio, 2012: New records & geographic distribution map. Herpetology Notes 9: 197-199., 2017bNEVES M.O., PEREIRA, E.A., LIMA, L.M.C., FOLLY, H., OLIVEIRA, E.F., SANTANA, D.J. & FEIO, R.N. 2017b. Anurans of Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil: a priority area for biodiversity conservation. Herpetology Notes 10: 297-311.). The species conservation status was not evaluated neither by IUCN (2019)IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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nor Brazilian List of threatened species (ICMBio 2018INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE. 2018. Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. ICMBio 492pp, Brasilia.).

Conclusively, despite the fact of most of the species recorded presenting a wide distribution along the AF, several species exhibit a restricted distribution and/or have been included as “Data Deficient” in Lists of Threatened Species (Drummond et al. 2008DRUMMOND, G.M., MACHADO, A.B.M., MARTINS, C.S., MENDONÇA, M.P. & STEHMANN, J.R. 2008. Listas vermelhas das espécies de fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção em Minas Gerais. Fundação Biodiversitas Belo Horizonte., ICMBio 2018INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE. 2018. Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. ICMBio 492pp, Brasilia., IUCN 2019IUCN. 2019. The IUCN red list of threatened species. International ed. IUCN Global Species Programme Red List Unit. Accessible at http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (last access in 18/01/2019)
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). This reinforces the necessity of standing the APABM as an essential part of the maintenance of Mantiqueira Complex’s biodiversity. Finally, our findings contribute to the struggle against the Wallacean shortfall (Lomolino 2004LOMOLINO, M.V. 2004. Conservation biogeography. In: Lomolino, M.V, Heaney, L.R. (eds): Frontiers of Biogeography: new directions in the geography of nature. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, pp 293-296.), since we presented new records and distribution for some species and filled a gap of anurans composition in the Zona da Mata region, at Minas Gerais state, Brazil, a fragmented AF area.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Clodoaldo Assis, Kelly Antunes and Matheus Mazzoni for field support. We are grateful to the local residents of Santa Rita de Jacutinga, particularly to Sr. João da Marta and Dona Lúcia. We are especially grateful to “Lumiar Consultoria e ou Assessoria” for funding and field support. LMCL and MON thanks CAPES (Coordination for the improvement of higher Education Personnel) for his doctoral scholarship and BMS thanks CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) for his productivity scholarship.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    14 July 2021
  • Date of issue
    2021

History

  • Received
    13 July 2020
  • Reviewed
    05 May 2021
  • Accepted
    18 May 2021
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