Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966 (Anura: Leiuperidae): Distribution extension with new south limit and geographic distribution map

Abstract

The genus Physalaemus is distributed east of the Andes, from northern to southern South America. Physalaemus cicada is a terrestrial species with wide distribution, found mainly in the Caatinga domain, but also in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Herein we present a distribution extension with a new southernmost record for the species in Minas Gerais state (municipality of Belo Horizonte), as well as a geographic distribution map.

Geographic distribution of Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966 (Anura: Leiuperidae) in Northeastern Brazil

“…The Maracas dwarf frog Physalaemus cicada Bokermann, 1966 (Figure 1), is distributed mainly at northeastern Brazil, with records also at southeastern Brazil in state of Minas Gerais (Nascimento et al 2005;Silveira 2006;Linares and Mello 2011;Frost 2011). It can be found in the Caatinga Biome in the states of Alagoas (Lisboa e Haddad 2009), Ceará (Nascimento et al 2005;Loebmann and Mai 2008), Bahia (Bokermann 1966;Nascimento et al 2005;Santana and Juncá 2007), Paraíba (Vieira et al 2007), Pernambuco (Borges-Nojosa and Santos 2005), Rio Grande do Norte (Jorge and Freire 2012) and Sergipe (Caldas et al 2010), also occurring at localities in transition zones between the Cerrado and Caatinga Biomes in Minas Gerais (Nascimento et al 2005;Linares and Mello 2011) and Piauí states (Benício et al 2012).…”