Carlos Henrique L. Nunes-de-Almeida

A new species of Elachistocleis is described from the municipality of Xapuri, state of Acre, northern Brazil. It distinguishes from other species by the presence of an immaculate ventral coloration, SVL larger than 31 mm, and width head more than 6.9 mm in adult males. Multivariate analysis based on external morphology also distinguishes the new sp...

Frogs in the genus Cycloramphus are endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain and many are threatened or endangered. Cycloramphus species lay eggs either on moist rocks or in moist soil cavities on the ground. Tadpoles of only 8 of the 28 recognized Cycloramphus species are known. Herein we describe the tadpole of C. rhyakonastes on the basis...

We record a new observation of a group of 22 individuals of Phibalura flavirostris (Cotingidae) from field observations and photographs, in the district of Monte Verde, municipality of Camanducaia, in the southern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We also report the same individuals foraging on fruits of the Loranthaceae Struthanthus marginatus using...

Frogs of the genus Thoropa comprise six endemic Brazilian species on the Eastern side of the country. Little is known about their natural history, especially about their acoustic communication. Therefore, aiming to provide an overview of their vocalizations, we analyzed and redescribed male advertisement calls of three living and two possibly extin...

Amphibian reproductive modes (RMs) have been extensively described and applied to amphibian biology studies. However, due to new behavioural observations and past system inconsistencies we found it necessary to review the current classification and redefine the sets of characters which define amphibian RMs. We suggest the use of 11 characters that...

Latitudinal gradients are linked to the dynamics of infectious diseases. Both prevalence and infection intensity of the amphibian-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), vary with latitude. Here, we tested whether abiotic and biotic factors are associated with Bd infection prevalence and intensity along a large latitudinal gradient acr...

A recently published phylogeny corroborated the monophyly of the genus Pseudopaludicola and revealed several potential undescribed taxa. In this first integrative taxonomic study within the genus Pseudopaludicola, we describe the sister clade to the remaining long-legged species (Pseudopaludicola saltica + Pseudopaludicola murundu), the third recog...

Background: Many amphibian species are negatively affected by habitat change due to anthropogenic activities. Populations distributed over modified landscapes may be subject to local extinction or may be relegated to the remaining-likely isolated and possibly degraded-patches of available habitat. Isolation without gene flow could lead to variabil...

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is the emerging infectious disease implicated in recent population declines and extinctions of amphibian species worldwide. Bd strains from regions of disease-associated amphibian decline to date have all belonged to a single, hypervirulent clonal genotype (Bd-GPL). However...

Background. Many amphibian species are negatively affected by anthropogenic habitat change. Populations distributed over modified landscapes may be subject to local extinction or may be relegated to remaining, likely isolated and possibly degraded, patches of available habitat. Isolation without gene flow can lead to variability in phenotypic trait...

Background. Many amphibian species are negatively affected by anthropogenic habitat change. Populations distributed over modified landscapes may be subject to local extinction or may be relegated to remaining, likely isolated and possibly degraded, patches of available habitat. Isolation without gene flow can lead to variability in phenotypic trait...

Rhinella jimi (Anura, Bufonidae) is an introduced species in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, north-eastern Brazil. It is known as one of the greatest amphibian anomaly hotspots in the world, with almost half of the adult individuals in the population having external anomalies, but tadpoles from this population have not previously been exami...

A Universidade Estadual de Campinas e suas imediações sustentam uma riqueza insuspeita de aves, tanto nas áreas abertas, como nas arborizadas. As aves aí encontram local de alimentação, abrigo e reprodução. Este livro e o CD sobre as aves do campus da Unicamp e o Parque Ecológico "Prof. Hermógenes Leitão Filho" permitem a estudantes, e à população...

New locality records and distribution map for the recently described Elachistocleis magnus are here presented. Originally described from Rondônia state, western Brazil (Amazonia), E. magnus was until now recorded for only two additional localities in the same state. The new records presented herein, which considerably enlarge the known range of the...

We report here for the first time the occurrence of the fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in the Brazilian state of Paraná. The discovery is worrisome because endemic and endangered species live in the same bodies of water where the fungus was found, an organism that can be lethal to amphibians.

Heliomaster furcifer encontrado no município de Brotas - SP em 2011.

First records of Heliomaster furcifer (Trochilidae) in the State of Sao Paulo and expansion of its distribution. Heliomaster furcifer is a hummingbird that inhabits open areas, appearing to be a species of low density, with few reports in the literature. Its distribution is known for the states of Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerai...

The Typhlopidae, commonly referred to as wormsnakes or blindsnakes, is the largest family of the Scolecophidia, with 215 species occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Of this diversity, more than 70% of the species in the family belong to the genus Typhlops (Greene 1997). According to Bérnils (2010)...