Description of the advertisement calls of four species of Amazophrynella (Anura:Bufonidae)

Zootaxa. 2018 Aug 14;4459(1):193-196. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.11.

Abstract

Amazophrynella comprises 11 small bufonid species with a pan-Amazonian distribution (Fouquet et al. 2012a, b; Rojas et al. 2016, Rojas et al. 2018). All species inhabit the forest leaf litter, breed in seasonal puddles and are diurnally and nocturnally active (Fouquet et al. 2012b; Rojas et al. 2014; 2015; 2016). Until now only one nominal species, A. javierbustamantei, and two putative lineages-A. moisesii (Rio Yuyapichis, Peru) and A. siona (Santa Cecilia, Ecuador)-had their advertisement calls formally described (Duellman 1978; Schlüter 1981; Rojas et al. 2016). Herein, we described for the first time the advertisement calls from additional four species of Amazophrynella.

Keywords: Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anura*
  • Bufonidae*
  • Ecuador
  • Forests
  • Peru