Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scinax cardosoi (Carvalho-e- Silva and Peixoto, 1991): distribution extension

Treefrog Diversity in the Neotropics: Phylogenetic Relationships of Scinaxini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae)

“…Distribution . Southeastern Brazil, from Espírito Santo to São Paulo, and Minas Gerais (Carvalho-e-Silva and Peixoto, 1991; Pinto et al, 2009; Linares et al, 2011; Carvalho et al, 2015a; Moroti et al, 2017a).…”

Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scinax cardosoi (Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991): distribution extension and new state record for São Paulo, Brazil

“…The subfamily Scinaxinae contains four genera and 130 species, and within the genus Scinax Wagler, 1830, 68 species are currently known (Frost 2016). Scinax cardosoi (Carvalhoe-Silva & Peixoto 1991), placed in the Scinax ruber clade according to Faivovich et al (2005), is endemic to the Serra da Mantiqueira, Serra do Mar, and Serra do Espinhaço mountain ranges in southeastern Brazil (states of Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, and Minas Gerais) (Carvalho-eSilva & Caramaschi 2004;Carvalho et al 2015;Pinto et al 2009;Linares et al 2011). This species has small populations with ample distribution, and although the current population trend is declining, populations are not severely fragmented and is classified as "Least Concern" according criteria of the IUCN (Carvalho-e-Silva & Caramaschi 2004) The region consists of 10% municipal area with remnants of Semideciduous Atlantic Rainforest, where PNMAR is one of the most representative fragments of the region (SOS MATA ATLANTICA & INPE 2016).…”

“…The individuals were perched on shrubby vegetation (about 20-30cm high) where several males were calling. Although the species is categorized as breeding in slow-flowing permanent streams (Pinto et al 2009;Linares et al 2011), which is an environment that exists in the PNMAR, the species was only found displaying reproductive activities in temporary ponds.…”

“…The known distribution for S. cardosoi encompasses the mountain chain complex known as Serra do Mar, Serra da Mantiqueira, and part of Serra do Espinhaço (Carvalhoe-Silva & Caramaschi 2004;Carvalho et al 2015;Pinto et al 2009;Linares et al 2011). Our record extends the distribution of S. cardosoi 313 km from the type locality (municipality of Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state; Figure 1, point 1), 236 km from the closest records (Santa Rita da Jacutinga and Bom Jardim de Minas municipalities, Minas Gerais state; Figure 1, point 7).…”