Reproductive modes in frogs and their unexpected diversity in the Atlantic forest of Brazil


Autoria(s): Haddad, Célio F. B.; Prado, Cynthia P. A.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

27/05/2014

27/05/2014

01/03/2005

Resumo

Amphibians, and especially the anurans (frogs and toads), exhibit a greater diversity of reproductive modes than other tetrapod vertebrates. Twenty-nine reproductive modes have been recognized for the anurans; we propose 10 more, elevating by more than 34% the number of reproductive modes known for anurans worldwide. These newly recognized reproductive modes for the frogs elevate by almost 48% the number of anuran reproductive modes known for the Neotropics. The highly complex topography of the Atlantic forest, breaking up the biome into many small microhabitats, and the high humidity, which reduces desiccation risks, have enabled the evolution of reproductive specializations such as eggs or tadpoles that develop out of water. Nearly 90% of the Atlantic forest has been cleared, and because several anurans are endemic to this region or have specialized reproductive modes dependent on the forest, this partly explains the generalized population declines and large numbers of species that have disappeared in the last few decades. © 2005 American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Formato

207-217

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0207:RMIFAT]2.0.CO;2

BioScience, v. 55, n. 3, p. 207-217, 2005.

0006-3568

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/68158

10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0207:RMIFAT]2.0.CO;2

WOS:000227574400006

2-s2.0-15244350646

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

BioScience

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Amphibia #Anurans #Atlantic forest #Conservation #Reproductive modes #Anura #Tetrapoda #Vertebrata
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article