Abstract
Two species of Pristimantis are known to exist in the Cerrado Biome, P. dundeei and P. ventrigranulous. Here we report on new localities for P. dundeei that extend its known distribution and present new data on its call and habitat. The new data are from Santo Antônio do Leverger, Barra do Garças and Pontal do Araguaia (MT). Calls were noticeably pulsed to the human ear, with 2–12 similar notes released at a rate of 16–21/s. Calls lasted from 136 to 642 ms, with frequency peaks at 3937–4125 kHz. We found three emphasized frequency bands that were not harmonically related one each other, the second being the dominant one. Males called from a wide range of habitats, from bushes or trees, from open areas or inside forests. Our data from Barra do Garças extend the distribution of P. dundeei up to 380 km to east, which place it in close range to P. ventrigranulous. With regard to characteristics of their call and morphology, these two species cannot be distinguished by any feature. Further studies that consider their genetic distance would be decisive to an eventual synonymization of the two species.
Recommended Citation
Giaretta, Ariovaldo Antonio; Teixeira, Bernardo Franco da Veiga; Bernardes, Cyro de Sousa; and Marinho, Pedro
(2018)
"Distribution, call and habitat of Pristimantis dundeei (Anura, Craugastoridae),"
Neotropical Biodiversity Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://ikiam.researchcommons.org/neotropical-diversity/vol4/iss1/14
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