New records of Pseudopaludicola pocoto Magalhães, Loebmann, Kokubum, Haddad & Garda, 2014 (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract:We provide new records of Pseudopaludicola pocoto Magalhães, Loebmann, Kokubum, Haddad & Garda, 2014 in the Caatinga Biome in the states of Paraíba and Pernambuco, which fill a distribution gap in this species' range.

First record of Pseudopaludicola pocoto Magalhães, Loebmann, Kokubum, Haddad & Garda, 2014 (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae) in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, with further data on its advertisement call

“…Our distributional record represents the first record for Bahia state, filling gaps and extending the known distribution of the species in approximately 760 km southwest from the type locality, 280 km southwest from Petrolina, Pernambuco state (Lantyer- Silva et al 2016), and 780 km northward from Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais state , partly filling in the large distribution gap for this widespread species (Figure 2). There are some inconsistencies on the distribution map of P. pocoto provided in Lantyer- Silva et al (2016), because there is incompatibility between the figure and its caption.…”

“…Pseudopaludicola pocoto Magalhães, Loebmann, Kokubum, Haddad & Garda, 2014 was described from municipality of Santa Quitéria, state of Ceará, Brazil, and was also recorded in other states in northeastern Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, and Pernambuco; such areas are mostly associated with the Caatinga Biome Santana et al 2015;Lantyer-Silva et al 2016). Andrade et al (2015) and Silva et al (2015) extended this species' distribution to the states of Minas Gerais and Piauí, respectively.…”

“…In addition, Andrade et al (2015) provided its first record in the Atlantic Forest Biome of southeastern Brazil. However, there is still a large distribution gap of about 900 km between the municipalities of Petrolina (Lantyer-Silva et al 2016) and Carlos Chagas . Here we present a new distributional record of P. pocoto in Bahia state, filling gaps in the species' distribution, and provide new data and brief comments on its advertisement call ( We recorded the advertisement call of this population and compared them to those provided in the original description and Andrade et al (2015), once it is the most distinctive diagnostic character for this species .…”

“…Pseudopaludicola pocoto has a distinctive advertisement call, which is emitted as a series of well-defined sequences of three nonconcatenated pulses per note with long between-pulse intervals (43-263 ms); these notes have duration of 126 to 323 ms; and its dominant frequency ranges from 4823 to 6374 Hz Andrade et al 2015;Lantyer-Silva et al 2016). The calls from the studied population overlap in almost all temporal and spectral traits in comparison with previously provided data for this species (Table 1).…”

“…There are some inconsistencies on the distribution map of P. pocoto provided in Lantyer- Silva et al (2016), because there is incompatibility between the figure and its caption. Plus, the authors misrepresented some localities (e.g., locality 11 [Cajazeiras, Paraíba state] is in the Pernambuco state, and locality 13 [Cabrobó, Pernambuco state] is not where the authors figured).…”