Amphibians and reptiles from a protected area in western Brazilian Amazonia (Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá)
Author
Moraes, Leandro João Carneiro de Lima
Author
Rainha, Raíssa do Nascimento
Author
Werneck, Fernanda de Pinho
Author
Oliveira, Alan Filipe de Souza
Author
Gascon, Claude
Author
Carvalho, Vinícius Tadeu de
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2022
2022-10-04
62
1
34
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.054
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.054
1807-0205
7617774
Dendropsophus miyatai
(Vigle &
Goberdhan-Vigle, 1990)
This small-sized and elusive species is originally described as distributed in Ecuadorian Amazonia (CisnerosHeredia, 2005). Since then, populations within western lowland Amazonia in
Peru
,
Colombia
, and
Brazil
have been attributed to this name. However, these localities of occurrence are in some cases patchily distributed, and the full range of this species is overall irresolute (CisnerosHeredia, 2005). This is partially explained by the fact that the species mostly exploit seasonally flooded habitats, which are historically neglected in standardized inventories (
Moraes
et al.,
2022a
), and by misidentification with other
Dendropsophus
Fitzinger, 1843
. In the light of available evidence,
D. miyatai
is widely distributed in the margins of the main western Amazonian rivers, extending through the east following the course of the Amazon River.