The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians

Autores
Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés; Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue; Chaves, Gerardo; Acuña, Alejandro; Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio; Lobon, Javier; Gómez Méndez, Edwin; Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia; Bolaños, Federico
Año de publicación
2019
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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Regarding amphibians, Costa Rica exhibits the greatest species richness per unit area in Middle America, with a total of 215 species reported to date. However, this number is likely an underestimate due to the presence of many unexplored areas that are difficult to access. Between 2012 and 2017, a monitoring survey of amphibians was conducted in the Central Caribbean of Costa Rica, on the northern edge of the Matama mountains in the Talamanca mountain range, to study the distribution patterns and natural history of species across this region, particularly those considered as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The results show the highest amphibian species richness among Middle America lowland evergreen forests, with a notable anuran representation of 64 species. The greatest diversity in the study area occurred inthe mature forest on the basal belt. Of the 68 amphibian species found, seven (10%) are endemic to the Atlantic versant and eight (11.6%) are threatened. This survey includes the first record of Gastrotheca cornuta in Costa Rica since it was last reported 21 years ago. New populations of Agalychnis lemur (Critically Endangered) and Duellmanohyla uranochroa (Endangered) are reported, and Ecnomiohyla veraguensis (Endangered) is reported for the first time in Costa Rica. These findings show that this locality is a high priority conservation area for a large number of amphibian species, which are often threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
Fil: Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Chaves, Gerardo. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Acuña, Alejandro. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Lobon, Javier. Universidad de Porto. Facultad de Ciências. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Portugal
Fil: Gómez Méndez, Edwin. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Bolaños, Federico. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Materia
Biodiversity
Costa Rica
Endangered
Limón Province
Patterns of distribution
Tropical Wet Forest
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spelling The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibiansSalazar Zuñiga, José AndrésChaves Acuña, Wagner JosueChaves, GerardoAcuña, AlejandroAbarca Odio, Juan IgnacioLobon, JavierGómez Méndez, EdwinGutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana CeciliaBolaños, FedericoBiodiversityCosta RicaEndangeredLimón ProvincePatterns of distributionTropical Wet Foresthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Regarding amphibians, Costa Rica exhibits the greatest species richness per unit area in Middle America, with a total of 215 species reported to date. However, this number is likely an underestimate due to the presence of many unexplored areas that are difficult to access. Between 2012 and 2017, a monitoring survey of amphibians was conducted in the Central Caribbean of Costa Rica, on the northern edge of the Matama mountains in the Talamanca mountain range, to study the distribution patterns and natural history of species across this region, particularly those considered as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The results show the highest amphibian species richness among Middle America lowland evergreen forests, with a notable anuran representation of 64 species. The greatest diversity in the study area occurred inthe mature forest on the basal belt. Of the 68 amphibian species found, seven (10%) are endemic to the Atlantic versant and eight (11.6%) are threatened. This survey includes the first record of Gastrotheca cornuta in Costa Rica since it was last reported 21 years ago. New populations of Agalychnis lemur (Critically Endangered) and Duellmanohyla uranochroa (Endangered) are reported, and Ecnomiohyla veraguensis (Endangered) is reported for the first time in Costa Rica. These findings show that this locality is a high priority conservation area for a large number of amphibian species, which are often threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.Fil: Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Chaves, Gerardo. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Acuña, Alejandro. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Lobon, Javier. Universidad de Porto. Facultad de Ciências. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; PortugalFil: Gómez Méndez, Edwin. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Bolaños, Federico. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa RicaAmphibian & Reptile Conservation2019-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/134108Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés; Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue; Chaves, Gerardo; Acuña, Alejandro; Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio; et al.; The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians; Amphibian & Reptile Conservation; Amphibian & Reptile Conservation; 13; 2; 12-2019; 304-3221083-446X1525-9153CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_13_no_2/ARC_13_2_[General_Section]_304-322_e215.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/archive.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:29:18Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/134108instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:29:19.108CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
title The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
spellingShingle The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés
Biodiversity
Costa Rica
Endangered
Limón Province
Patterns of distribution
Tropical Wet Forest
title_short The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
title_full The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
title_fullStr The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
title_full_unstemmed The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
title_sort The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on conservation status of six threatened species of amphibians
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés
Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue
Chaves, Gerardo
Acuña, Alejandro
Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio
Lobon, Javier
Gómez Méndez, Edwin
Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia
Bolaños, Federico
author Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés
author_facet Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés
Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue
Chaves, Gerardo
Acuña, Alejandro
Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio
Lobon, Javier
Gómez Méndez, Edwin
Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia
Bolaños, Federico
author_role author
author2 Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue
Chaves, Gerardo
Acuña, Alejandro
Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio
Lobon, Javier
Gómez Méndez, Edwin
Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia
Bolaños, Federico
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversity
Costa Rica
Endangered
Limón Province
Patterns of distribution
Tropical Wet Forest
topic Biodiversity
Costa Rica
Endangered
Limón Province
Patterns of distribution
Tropical Wet Forest
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Regarding amphibians, Costa Rica exhibits the greatest species richness per unit area in Middle America, with a total of 215 species reported to date. However, this number is likely an underestimate due to the presence of many unexplored areas that are difficult to access. Between 2012 and 2017, a monitoring survey of amphibians was conducted in the Central Caribbean of Costa Rica, on the northern edge of the Matama mountains in the Talamanca mountain range, to study the distribution patterns and natural history of species across this region, particularly those considered as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The results show the highest amphibian species richness among Middle America lowland evergreen forests, with a notable anuran representation of 64 species. The greatest diversity in the study area occurred inthe mature forest on the basal belt. Of the 68 amphibian species found, seven (10%) are endemic to the Atlantic versant and eight (11.6%) are threatened. This survey includes the first record of Gastrotheca cornuta in Costa Rica since it was last reported 21 years ago. New populations of Agalychnis lemur (Critically Endangered) and Duellmanohyla uranochroa (Endangered) are reported, and Ecnomiohyla veraguensis (Endangered) is reported for the first time in Costa Rica. These findings show that this locality is a high priority conservation area for a large number of amphibian species, which are often threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
Fil: Salazar Zuñiga, José Andrés. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Chaves Acuña, Wagner Josue. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Chaves, Gerardo. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Acuña, Alejandro. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Abarca Odio, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Lobon, Javier. Universidad de Porto. Facultad de Ciências. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Portugal
Fil: Gómez Méndez, Edwin. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Gutiérrez Vannucchi, Ana Cecilia. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
Fil: Bolaños, Federico. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica
description Regarding amphibians, Costa Rica exhibits the greatest species richness per unit area in Middle America, with a total of 215 species reported to date. However, this number is likely an underestimate due to the presence of many unexplored areas that are difficult to access. Between 2012 and 2017, a monitoring survey of amphibians was conducted in the Central Caribbean of Costa Rica, on the northern edge of the Matama mountains in the Talamanca mountain range, to study the distribution patterns and natural history of species across this region, particularly those considered as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The results show the highest amphibian species richness among Middle America lowland evergreen forests, with a notable anuran representation of 64 species. The greatest diversity in the study area occurred inthe mature forest on the basal belt. Of the 68 amphibian species found, seven (10%) are endemic to the Atlantic versant and eight (11.6%) are threatened. This survey includes the first record of Gastrotheca cornuta in Costa Rica since it was last reported 21 years ago. New populations of Agalychnis lemur (Critically Endangered) and Duellmanohyla uranochroa (Endangered) are reported, and Ecnomiohyla veraguensis (Endangered) is reported for the first time in Costa Rica. These findings show that this locality is a high priority conservation area for a large number of amphibian species, which are often threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
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