PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-12-17DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254
Omar Torres‐Carvajal, C. Koch, J. Valencia, P. Venegas, Lourdes Echevarría
{"title":"Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae)","authors":"Omar Torres‐Carvajal, C. Koch, J. Valencia, P. Venegas, Lourdes Echevarría","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254","url":null,"abstract":"Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Chironius leucometapus was described more than 25 years ago as subspecies of C. fuscus from restricted area in the Department of Junín in central Peru, with no additional specimens reported since. Examination of 17 new specimens reveals that C. leucometapus is widespread along the Amazonian slopes of the Andes between central Peru and northern Ecuador. New morphological data including scalation, hemipenes, color in life, and the first description of the skull of Chironius to be based on high-quality CT-scan images are presented. The number of species of Chironius from Ecuador is elevated to eight.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":"18 1","pages":"241-254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48231583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-12-17DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p141-157
W. Duellman
{"title":"The last one: A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Colombia, with comments on the morphological and behavioral diversity within the genus","authors":"W. Duellman","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p141-157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p141-157","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Colombia, with comments on the morphological and behavioral diversity within the genus. A striking, undescribed species of Osteocephalus from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Departamento de Putumayo in southern Colombia is a member of the Osteocephalus buckleyi Group. Aside from minor morphological characters, the new species differs from all other members of the group by having a golden yellow iris with a median horizontal black stripe. The diversity in morphological and reproductive behavior reveals various features that are phylogenetically significant, but several species remain to be described.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":"18 1","pages":"141-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p141-157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43358894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-12-17DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p283-292
I. C. O. Silva, Suelen Sandim de Carvalho, K. Ceron, D. Santana, L. E. Tavares
{"title":"A case of Dipteran parasitism in Trachycephalus typhonius (Anura: Hylidae), with a summary of myiasis parasitism in anurans","authors":"I. C. O. Silva, Suelen Sandim de Carvalho, K. Ceron, D. Santana, L. E. Tavares","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p283-292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p283-292","url":null,"abstract":"Some species of Diptera cause myiasis in anurans, and infestations can occur in organs or other vertebrate tissues for varying lengths of time, depending on the species of parasite (Schell and Burgin 2001, Bolek and Coggins 2002). Larvae feed on tissues as they develop within or on the body of their host, which often results in the death of the host, although some individuals do survive and heal (Eaton et al. 2008, SouzaPinto et al. 2015). Some parasitic dipteran species need living hosts to continue their life cycle (Kraus 2007). Dipteran infestations have been well documented in humans and domestic animals because their impacts concern public","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":"18 1","pages":"283-292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p283-292","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46430828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-12-17DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p209-223
Aldenir Ferreira da Silva Neta, Cicera Silvilene Leite Matias, R. W. Ávila
{"title":"Autecology of the lizard Colobosauroides cearensis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Brazilian semiarid Caatinga","authors":"Aldenir Ferreira da Silva Neta, Cicera Silvilene Leite Matias, R. W. Ávila","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p209-223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p209-223","url":null,"abstract":"Autecology of the lizard Colobosauroides cearensis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Brazilian semiarid Caatinga. Colobosauroides cearensis is a diurnal lizard with a relictual distribution associated with forested habitats in the Brazilian Caatinga Domain. Knowledge of the natural history of this secretive lizard is scarce. Herein, the diet, reproduction, sexual dimorphism, microhabitat use, and thermal ecology of C. cearensis are described based on fieldwork in 2015–2017 in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The diet of the lizards is composed exclusively of arthropods, with Formicidae being the most important prey category. Numerical and volumetric niche breadths are 5.52 and 9.2 respectively, and trophic niche overlap between females and males is 0.3. Males are distinguished from females by the larger size of the males and the presence of femoral pores. Colobosauroides cearensis is cryptozoic, inhabiting the leaf litter and having no direct contact with the soil or solar radiation. The average body temperature of the lizards is 30.4 ± 3.3°C, which is positively correlated with the air temperature. Gravid females with fixed clutch size of two eggs are found in early rainy season. Oviposition occurs between April and May (when the highest number of juveniles are observed). Sexual maturity occurs early in males and testicular volume is significantly correlated with body size.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":"18 1","pages":"209-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p209-223","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42592306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-06-21DOI: 10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P115-121
J. Troncoso-Palacios, Yery Marambio-Alfaro, Diego Ramírez-Álvarez, Jorge Valdés Saavedra
{"title":"Phylogenetic position of two species of the Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi Complex and a new northern limit for L. buergeri (Squamata: Liolaemidae)","authors":"J. Troncoso-Palacios, Yery Marambio-Alfaro, Diego Ramírez-Álvarez, Jorge Valdés Saavedra","doi":"10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P115-121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P115-121","url":null,"abstract":"Liolaemus is an extraordinarily diverse lizard genus containing 257 species (Abdala and Quinteros 2014). The genus has been split into several groups (e.g. Lobo et al. 2010) of which the L. elongatus-kriegi Complex (Cei 1979) is one of the most characteristic in the Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina (Esquerré et al. 2013). This complex is composed of four clades: L. elongatus Koslowsky, 1896, L. kriegi Müller and Hellmich, 1939, L. petrophilus Donoso-Barros and Cei, 1971, and L. punmahuida Avila, Perez, and Morando, 2003 (Avila et al. 2012). Troncoso-Palacios et al. (2015) described two species in this complex based in","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P115-121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44107527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-06-18DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p47-62
Antonia Beuttner, C. Koch
{"title":"Analysis of diet composition and morphological characters of the Peruvian lizard Microlophus stolzmanni (Squamata: Tropiduridae)","authors":"Antonia Beuttner, C. Koch","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p47-62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p47-62","url":null,"abstract":"Analysis of diet composition and morphological characters of the Peruvian lizard Microlophus stolzmanni (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Microlophus stolzmanni is a diurnal lizard that is endemic to the dry forest of northern Peru. Little is known about the ecology of the species and the composition of its diet never has been studied. The stomach contents and morphological features related to feeding behavior are analyzed herein. Microlophus stolzmanni is a semi-herbivorous food generalist that also consumes animal items. All age groups prefer sedentary prey for which M. stolzmanni forages actively. As the lizard matures, plant material becomes a more important part of the diet.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p47-62","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48713118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-06-18DOI: 10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P123-126
Nicolás Pelegrin
{"title":"Reproductive behavior of Tropidurus spinulosus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in captivity","authors":"Nicolás Pelegrin","doi":"10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P123-126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P123-126","url":null,"abstract":"Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862) is a medium-sized lizard distributed in north-central Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil (Carvalho 2013) that inhabits both rocky and forest habitats (Martori and Aún 1994, Cruz 1998). Although some facets of the lizard’s natural history, such as diet, reproduction, activity, thermal ecology, and habitat use have been studied (e.g., Perez et al. 1991, Vitt 1991, Colli et al. 1992, Martori and Aún 1994, Cruz et al. 1997, Cruz 1998, López-Juri et al. 2017), little is known about the reproductive behavior of the species. The behaviors associated with courtship and mating in captivity, including information on copulation length, are described below. Six individuals of Tropidurus spinulosus (3 males, SVL: 93.4, 112.7, and 112.0 mm; and 3 Short CommuniCation Reproductive behavior of Tropidurus spinulosus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in captivity","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P123-126","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44415262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-06-18DOI: 10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P37-46
A. R. Borges, T. F. D. Santos, Luciana Frazão, Sérgio Marques-Souza, M. Menin
{"title":"Food habits of Rhinella proboscidea (Anura: Bufonidae) in terra firme forests of central Amazonia","authors":"A. R. Borges, T. F. D. Santos, Luciana Frazão, Sérgio Marques-Souza, M. Menin","doi":"10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P37-46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P37-46","url":null,"abstract":"Food habits of Rhinella proboscidea (Anura: Bufonidae) in terra frme forests of central Amazonia. Anuran species are considered generalist and opportunist feeders. However, some species have dietary specializations. Here we describe the diet composition of Rhinella proboscidea based on the stomach content of 29 individuals captured in terra frme forests in Manaus and São Sebastião do Uatumã, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Each prey item was measured and identifed to Order, Suborder or Family; ants were identifed to Genus. We determined and tested for differences in the trophic niche breadth and the relationships between the frog size and the volume of the largest prey item. We recorded 1614 prey items of 44 taxa. Hymenoptera was the most abundant Order followed by Isoptera, Acari, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Araneae, Hemiptera, Dermaptera, Diptera, and Collembola. Formicidae comprised 46.56% of the all stomach items and was represented by six subfamilies and 22 genera. Additionally, we found 80 nematodes in a total of 18 frogs. There was a signifcant difference in the trophic niche breadths of the study areas, and a positive relationship between the toad size and volume of the largest prey item consumed. Rhinella proboscidea feeds on a variety of invertebrates, with ants, termites, and mites being the most abundant; this suggests that the toad is an active forager. The most common subfamily was Myrmicinae primarily represented by Crematogaster and Atta. Differences in trophic niche breadths of the study areas may be related to seasonal differences in the diet composition or local factors.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/ISSN.2316-9079.V18I1P37-46","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45526298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhyllomedusaPub Date : 2019-06-18DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p63-75
S. Rabiu
{"title":"Dietary resource partitioning among age-sex classes of Agama agama (Squamata: Agamidae) assessed by fecal pellet analysis","authors":"S. Rabiu","doi":"10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p63-75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p63-75","url":null,"abstract":"Dietary resource partitioning among age-sex classes of Agama agama (Squamata: Agamidae) assessed by fecal pellet analysis. Dietary analysis is critical to understand the ecological roles of lizards, especially of species of Agama that are colonizing continents and islands from which they were previously absent. The foraging habits of four groups—viz., adult females, adult males, and young and juveniles (of both sexes)—of Agama agama in Nigeria were observed to assess the diet of the lizards and the contribution of the diet to separating age-sex classes. The claim that fying arthropods are less likely to be eaten by lizards was tested, and the hypothesis of dietary opportunism was explored. Sets (3–5 pellets) of 1453 fecal pellets collected during a 2-yr period were linked to individual lizards. Multivariate discriminant analysis of individual food items showed 61% lizards were correctly classifed to age-sex. However, items pooled into composite food groups, yielded fewer (43%) correctly classifed lizards. Cluster Analysis indicated that individual foods were less common (46.3%) to lizard classes than composite foods (76.1%). Thus, lizard age-sex classes are better differentiated when prey item is identifed at the lowest possible taxonomic level. Overall, arthropods are the largest, composite food for all lizard classes but, the relative amounts of different arthropod taxa varies signifcantly, and is highest for Diptera. Other foods include plants, seeds, and non-arthropod animal material. Differing coeffcients of variation accentuate dietary disparities within classes. Proportions of most individual and composite diet items differ signifcantly by month, season, and study site. Although consumed by lizards, no traces of white mold were found in the feces; this underscores the value of combining fecal analysis with surveillance of foraging habits of Agama agama.","PeriodicalId":48704,"journal":{"name":"Phyllomedusa","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p63-75","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42286141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}