Amphibians of Suriname

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Suriname has a long history of faunal inventories, with many of its species already described by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treated in a few papers in scientific journals. Amphibians of Suriname is the first overview of our present knowledge of this interesting group for Suriname. The book presents short descriptions and data on the distribution and natural history of the 104 species now known for the country. Most species are illustrated by one or more photographs, and a distribution map is...

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Overview

Suriname has a long history of faunal inventories, with many of its species already described by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treated in a few papers in scientific journals. Amphibians of Suriname is the first overview of our present knowledge of this interesting group for Suriname. The book presents short descriptions and data on the distribution and natural history of the 104 species now known for the country. Most species are illustrated by one or more photographs, and a distribution map is presented as well. Two new species and two new subspecies of frogs are described for suriname, and for several species a contribution to the taxonomic discussion is given.

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  • ISBN-13: 9789004210752
  • Publisher: BRILL
  • Publication date: 6/27/2012
  • Pages: 376
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction 1

Geography of Suriname 3

Methods 11

Anura

Family Allophrynidae 16

Allophryne ruthveni (Gauge, 1926) 16

Family Aromobatidae 20

Subfamily Allobatinaeo 20

Allobates femoralis (Boulenger, 1884) 20

Allobates franti (Kok, McCulloch, Gaucher, Poelman, Bourne, Lathrop & Lenglet, 2006) 24

Subfamily Anomaloglossinae 28

Anomaloglossus baeobatrachus (Boistel & Massary, 1999) 28

Anomaloglossus leopardus sp. nov. 30

Anomaloglossus surinamensis sp. nov. 36

Family Bufonidae 42

Atelopus hoogmoedi (Lescure, 1974) 42

Atelopus hoogmoedi nassaui subsp. nov. 46

Dendrophryniscus minutus (Melin, 1941) 52

Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799) 54

Rhinella granulosa (Spix, 1824) 56

Rhinella lescurei (Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc & Velez-Rodriguez, 2007) 58

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768) 62

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) 66

Rhinella martyi (Fouquet, Gaucher, Blanc & Velez-Rodriguez, 2007) 70

Family Centrolenidae 74

Subfamily Centroleninae 74

Cochranella geijskesi (Goin, 1966) 74

Vitreorana oyampiensis (Lescure, 1975) 76

Subfamily Hyalinobatrachiinae 78

Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum (Myers & Donnelly, 1997) 78

Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (Ayarzagüena, 1992) 80

Hyalinobatrachium taylori (Goin, 1968) 82

Family Ceratophryidae 84

Subfamily Ceratophryinae 84

Ceratophrys cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) 84

Family Dendrobatidae 88

Subfamily Colostethinae 88

Ameerega hahneli (Boulenger, 1884) 88

Ameerega trivittata (Spix, 1824) 92

Ameerega trivittata nassaui subsp. nov. 96

Subfamily Dendrobatinae 102

Dendrobates tinctorius (Cuvier, 1797) 102

Dendrobates tinctorius azureus (Hoogmoed, 1969) 106

Family Eleutherodactylidae 108

Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae 108

Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862) 108

Family Hylidae 110

Subfamily Hylinae 110

Dendropsophus brevifrons (Duellman & Crump, 1974) 110

Dendropsophus gaucheri (Lescure & Marty, 2000) 114

Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Beireis, 1783) 116

Dendropsophus marmoratus (Laurenti, 1768) 118

Dendropsophus melanargyreus (Cope, 1887) 120

Dendropsophus minusculus (Rivero, 1971) 122

Dendropsophus minutus (Peters, 1872) 124

Dendropsophus nanus (Boulenger, 1889) 126

Dendropsophus sp.1 128

Hypsiboas boans (Linnaeus, 1758) 130

Hypsiboas calcaratus (Troschel, 1848) 134

Hypsiboas cinerascens (Spix, 1824) 136

Hypsiboas crepitans (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) 140

Hypsiboas dentei (Bokermann, 1967) 144

Hypsiboas fasciatus (Günther, 1858) 146

Hypsiboas fuentei (Goin & Goin, 1968) 148

Hypsiboas geographicus (Spix, 1824) 152

Hypsiboas multifasciatus (Günther, 1859) 154

Hypsiboas ornatissimus (Noble, 1923) 156

Hypsiboas punctatus (Schneider, 1799) 158

Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) 160

Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran & Goin, 1970) 162

Osteocephalus leprieurii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) 164

Osteocephalus oophagus (Jungfer & Schiesari, 1995) 166

Osteocephalus taurinus (Steindachner, 1862) 168

Pseudis paradoxa (Linnaeus, 1758) 170

Scinax boesemani (Goin, 1966) 174

Scinax jolyi (Lescure & Marty, 2000) 176

Scinax nebulosus (Spix, 1824) 180

Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933) 182

Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768) 184

Scinax trilineatus (Hoogmoed & Gorzula, 1979) 186

Scinax x-signatus (Spix, 1824) 188

Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Daudin, 1800) 190

Trachycephalus coriaceus (Peters, 1867) 192

Trachycephalus resinifictrix (Goeldi, 1907) 196

Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758) 200

Subfamily Phyllomedusinae 204

Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772) 204

Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800) 208

Phyllomedusa tomopterna (Cope, 1868) 210

Phyllomedusa vaillantii (Boulenger, 1882) 212

Family Leiuperidae 216

Physalaemus ephippifer (Steindachner, 1864) 216

Family Leptodactylidae 220

Leptodactylus andreae (Müller, 1923) 220

Leptodactylus bolivianus (Boulenger, 1898) 224

Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799) 228

Leptodactylus heyeri (Boistel, De Massary & Angulo, 2006) 230

Leptodactylus hylaedactylus (Cope, 1868) 232

Leptodactylus knudseni (Heyer, 1972) 234

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945) 238

Leptodactylus lineatus (Schneider, 1799) 240

Leptodactylus longirostris (Boulenger, 1882) 242

Leptodactylus myersi (Heyer, 1995) 244

Leptodactylus mystaceus (Spix, 1824) 248

Leptodactylus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 250

Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti, 1768) 254

Leptodactylus petersii (Steindachner, 1864) 258

Leptodactylus rhodomystax (Boulenger, 1884) 260

Leptodactylus stenodema (Jiménez de la Espada, 1875) 262

Leptodactylus validus (Garman, 1888) 266

Family Microhylidae 270

Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi (Nelson & Lescure, 1975) 270

Subfamily Gastrophryninae 272

Chiasmocleis hudsoni (Parker, 1940) 272

Chiasmocleis shudikarensis (Dunn, 1949) 274

Ctenophryne geayi (Mocquard, 1904) 276

Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802) 278

Hamptophryne boliviana (Parker, 1927) 284

Subfamily Otophryninae 286

Otophryne pyburni (Campbell & Clarke, 1998) 286

Family Pipidae 288

Pipa aspera (Müller, 1924) 288

Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758) 292

Family Ranidae 296

Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824) 296

Family Strabomantidae 300

Subfamily Strabomantinae 300

Pristimantis chiastonotus (Lynch & Hoogmoed, 1977) 300

Pristimantis gutturalis (Hoogmoed, Lynch & Lescure, 1977) 304

Pristimantis inguinalis (Parker, 1940) 306

Pristimantis marmoratus (Boulenger, 1900) 310

Pristimantis zeuctotylus (Lynch & Hoogmoed, 1977) 314

Gymnophiona

Family Caeciliidae

Caecilia gracilis (Shaw, 1802) 320

Caecilia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) 322

Microcaecilia rabei (Roze & Solano, 1963) 324

Microcaecilia taylori (Nussbaum & Hoogmoed, 1979) 326

Microcaecilia unicolor (Duméril, 1863) 328

Family Rhinatrematidae 330

Rhinatrema bivittatum (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) 330

Species that may occur in Suriname, but not yet recorded for sure or known from one speciment collected in the far past only 333

Anomaloglossus degranvillei (Lescure, 1975) 334

Adelophryne gutturosa (Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984) 334

Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Barbour, 1914) 334

Trachycephalus hadroceps (Duellman & Hoogmoed, 1992) 335

Caecilia albiventris (Daudin, 1803) 335

Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1820) 335

Typhlonectes compressicaudus (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) 335

Zoogeography 337

Conservation of Amphibians in Suriname 341

Bibliography 347

Appendix 357

Subject Index 363

Common Names Index 369

Common Names Index 369

Taxonomic Index 373

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