Anuran Species Composition From Chaco and Cerrado Areas in Central Brazil

Santos, Cyntia Cavalcante; Ragalzi, Eric; Valério-Júnior, C.; Koroiva, None Ricardo

doi:10.4257/oeco.2019.2304.25

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“…Although Souza et al (2017) reported the presence of these species, some records have recently been questioned. Santos et al (2019) suggested removing the species Boana crepitans (Wied-Neuwied 1924), Scinax similis (Cochran, 1952), Adenomera martinezi (Bokermann 1956) and Leptodactylus gracilis (Duméril & Bibron 1840). Brusquetti et al (2014) , suggested the incorrect identification of Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett, 1899 as Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett, 1899 for the state.…”

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DNA barcoding for identification of anuran species in the central region of South America

Koroiva

Rodrigues

Santana

2020

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The use of COI barcodes for specimen identification and species discovery has been a useful molecular approach for the study of Anura. Here, we establish a comprehensive amphibian barcode reference database in a central area of South America, in particular for specimens collected in Mato Grosso do Sul state (Brazil), and to evaluate the applicability of the COI gene for species-level identification. Both distance- and tree-based methods were applied for assessing species boundaries and the accuracy of specimen identification was evaluated. A total of 204 mitochondrial COI barcode sequences were evaluated from 22 genera and 59 species (19 newly barcoded species). Our results indicate that morphological and molecular identifications converge for most species, however, some species may present cryptic species due to high intraspecific variation, and there is a high efficiency of specimen identification. Thus, we show that COI sequencing can be used to identify anuran species present in this region.

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DNA barcoding for identification of anuran species in the central region of South America

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Rodrigues

Santana

2020

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“…Those knowledge gaps limit our understanding of the historical changes in anuran assemblages in the study area, but the recent rise in research in this region and the advance in anuran taxonomy are contributing to a better comprehension of anuran diversity and its threats across the different ecoregions (Souza et al, 2017). A recent study on the composition of anuran assemblages in areas representing the Chaco and Cerrado found similar assemblages to those recorded in previous surveys a decade before (Santos et al, 2019), which suggests that during this period, assemblage composition has been resistant to changes. The most comprehensive work on the historical declines of amphibians focuses on the Atlantic Forest and reports that more than 100 species underwent population declines throughout the last century (Toledo et al, 2023).…”

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Decoupled responses of biodiversity facets driven from anuran vulnerability to climate and land‐use changes

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Biodiversity loss not only implies the loss of species but also entails losses in other dimensions of biodiversity, such as functional, phylogenetic and interaction diversity. Yet, each of those facets of biodiversity may respond differently to extinctions. Here, we examine how extinction, driven by climate and land‐use changes may affect those different facets of diversity by combining empirical data on anuran–prey interaction networks, species distribution modelling and extinction simulations in assemblages representing four Neotropical ecoregions. We found a mismatch in the response of functional, phylogenetic and interaction diversity to extinction. In spite of high network robustness to extinction, the effects on interaction diversity were stronger than those on phylogenetic and functional diversity, declining linearly with species loss. Although it is often assumed that interaction patterns are reflected by functional diversity, assessing species interactions may be necessary to understand how species loss translates into the loss of ecosystem functions.

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