Euparkerella robusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Euparkerella
Species:
E. robusta
Binomial name
Euparkerella robusta
Izecksohn, 1988

Euparkerella robusta is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to the state of Espírito Santo in southeastern Brazil.[1][2] It has been recorded from the municipality of Mimoso do Sul (type locality) and the neighboring Atílio Vivacqua.[3] Common name Izecksohn's Guanabara frog has been proposed for it.[2]

Description

The body is robust. Adult males measure 17.2–21.5 mm (0.7–0.8 in) in snout–vent length. It is a large member of its genus; it differs from the other large species, Euparkerella tridactyla, by its longer fingers.[3]

The male advertisement call consists of a single note comprising 5–8 long pulses repeated periodically. The pulses are relatively long and have a whistle-like character (as opposed to short snaps in other Euparkerella). The call duration is 1.3–2.2 seconds and the dominant frequency is 2.9–3.2 kHz.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Euparkerella robusta occurs in leaf litter in primary and secondary forest. Development is direct[1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage[4]).

It is reasonably common at the type locality. Habitat loss caused by agriculture, logging, and human settlement is a concern. At time of the most recent IUCN assessment, it was not known to occur in any protected area.[1] However, the locality in Atílio Vivacqua, Serra das Torres,[3] could overlap with the Serra das Torres Natural Monument.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Débora Silvano & Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto (2004). "Euparkerella robusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57073A11577140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57073A11577140.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Euparkerella robusta Izecksohn, 1988". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hepp, Fábio; Carvalho-E-Silva, Sergio P. de; Carvalho-E-Silva, Ana M.P. Telles de & Folly, Manuella (2015). "A fifth species of the genus Euparkerella (Griffths, 1959), the advertisement calls of E. robusta Izecksohn, 1988 and E. tridactyla Izecksohn, 1988, and a key for the Euparkerella species (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Craugastoridae)". Zootaxa. 3973 (2): 251–270. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.3.
  4. ↑ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.
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