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Amphibia, Anura, Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe, Itaguaí municipality, Rio de Janeiro state

2012; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 8; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15560/8.6.1047

1809-127X

Daiane Ouvernay, Luiz Marcelo de Salles Cunha Fiuza, Thiago Rodrigues Barbosa, Ivai Gomes de Lima Cesar de Albuquerque, Alexandre F. B. de Araújo,

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

We report a list of the amphibians from the Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe (22°54’07” S, 43°53’33” W) in Itaguaí municipality, an area of Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The work was carried out from January to November 2010. We recorded 28 species of anuran amphibians distributed in eight families: Brachycephalidae (3), Bufonidae (2), Craugastoridae (1), Cycloramphidae (2), Hylidae (13), Hylodidae (2), Leiuperidae (1) and Leptodactylidae (4). Adding the species recorded in the Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe in Mangaratiba municipality, the richness of amphibians in the park currently is now 47 species.