Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett,1899 (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratophryidae): new country record, distribution map and natural history notes

Lepidobatrachus asper is a large to medium frog known from the Chaco lowlands of Paraguay and Argentina. We provide the first species record for the Brazilian Chaco, which extends the species geographical distribution ca. 73 km northeast from Puerto Casado, Alto Paraguay Departament, Paraguay. We al...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 133 - 135
Main Authors:	Sugai, José Luiz Massao Moreira, Faggioni, Gabriel Paganini, Piatti, Liliana, Lemos, Anderson Aparecido, Souza, Franco Leandro, Prado, Cynthia Peralta de Almeida
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 01-03-2013
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Lepidobatrachus asper is a large to medium frog known from the Chaco lowlands of Paraguay and Argentina. We provide the first species record for the Brazilian Chaco, which extends the species geographical distribution ca. 73 km northeast from Puerto Casado, Alto Paraguay Departament, Paraguay. We also provide a distribution map and information about the species habitat conditions and diet. The Brazilian Chaco is still poorly surveyed, and the rapid environmental degradation can lead to local extinctions of certain species.
ISSN:	1809-127X 1809-127X
DOI:	10.15560/9.1.133