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Herpetological Review 53(3), 2022
438 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
forest habitats of its type locality in Barro Branco, Municipality
of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, are today completely over-
come by the urbanization, with no recently collected specimens
(Weber et al. 2009. Check List. 5:218–221). Currently, B. secedens
is known to occur exclusively in well-preserved forests in Rio de
Janeiro, in the municipalities of Guapimirim (Vrcibradic et al.
2016. Salamandra 52:204–206) and Cachoeiras de Macacu, in the
Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA; Weber et al. 2009, op.
cit.). Here, we present a new state and a new northernmost re-
cord that extends the distribution range ca. 296 km northeast in
a straight line from Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro. Boana
secedens has been mentioned in a herpetological photographic
guide at Espírito Santo (Gasparini 2012. Anfíbios & Répteis:
Vitória e Grande Vitória, Espírito Santo. Fauna Consultoria em
Meio Ambiente. Vitória, Espírito Santo. 100 pp.) from the moun-
tain region of Guarapari. With no accurate locality or voucher
specimen, it is not possible to confirm its identity, which is very
similar to its congener B. pombali (Caramaschi et al. 2004. B. Ms.
Nac., Nova Série Zoo. 518:1–14), both treefrogs from B. semilinea-
ta group (Peloso et al. 2018. South Am. J. Herpetol. 13:150–169).
Our record confirms the occurrence of B. secedens at Espírito
Santo, increasing the knowledge on this rare species. This work is
part of “Herpeto Capixaba: for the knowledge and conservation
of amphibians and reptiles of Brazil”. This study was financed in
part by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito
Santo (EDITAL FAPES Nº 03/2021 - UNIVERSAL #437/2021).
THIAGO SILVA-SOARES, Museu de História Natural do Sul do Estado
do Espírito Santo, da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Jerônimo
Monteiro, 29550-000, Espírito Santo, Brazil (e-mail: thiagosilvasoares@
hotmail.com); GIOVANA CORDIOLI, Herpeto Capixaba, Enseada Azul,
Guarapari, 29206-090, Espírito Santo, Brazil (e -mail: cordioli.giovana@
gmail.com).
ELACHISTOCLEIS SIKUANI. COLOMBIA: GUAVIARE DEPART-
MENT: san José del guaviare MunicipaliTy: Finca Agroecoturistica
Amadahy (2.50907°N, 72.71396°W; WGS 84), 235 m elev. 11 May
2022. John G. Himes. Verified by Rafael O. de Sá. Florida Muse-
um of Natural History, University of Florida (UF 193039, photo
voucher). Adult male found under rock in grassy pasture 50 m
from forest edge at 1400 h (unvouchered adult female found
nearby under rock on same day at 1415 h). Junction of unnamed
road with Colombia Highway 65, 7.3 road km W of southern foot
of bridge over Guaviare River (2.53477°N, 72.70222°W; WGS 84),
220 m elev. 11 May 2022. John G. Himes. Verified by Rafael O.
de Sá. UF 193040 (photo voucher). Non-calling adult (unsexed)
found among chorus of ca. 10 males in grassy meadow among
several water-filled depressions formed by tire ruts 10–20 m from
road edge at 1930 h (unvouchered calling male found nearby on
12 May 2022 at 1900 h).
META DEPARTMENT: puerTo concordia MunicipaliTy:
Colombia Highway 65, 1.7 road km N of northern foot of bridge
over Guaviare River (2.58576°N, 72.75742°W; WGS 84), 190 m
elev. 13 May 2022. John G. Himes. Verified by Rafael O. de Sá. UF
193041 (photo voucher). Non-calling adult (unsexed) found on
road surrounded by predominantly forested wetlands within
river floodplain at 2000 h.
: Puerto
López-Cabuyaro Road, 2.4 road km NE of Colombia Highway
40 (4.12187°N, 72.83034°W; WGS 84), 235 m elev. 18 May 2022.
John G. Himes. Verified by Rafael O. de Sá. UF 193042 (photo
voucher). Non-calling adult (unsexed) found on road (chorus
of 10–20 males calling 20–30 m from road edge) surrounded by
predominantly open and partially flooded grasslands at 2100
h. 45 m E of Puerto López-Cabuyaro Road, 16.4 road km N of
Colombia Highway 40 (4.21505°N, 72.79582°W; WGS 84), 190
m elev. 18 May 2022. John G. Himes. Verified by Rafael O. de Sá.
UF 193043 (photo voucher). Non-calling adult (unsexed) found
among chorus of ca. 20 males in a partially flooded forest at 2130
h.
First records from Guaviare and Meta departments for the
species, extending known range ca. 250 airline km south of the
nearest record in the Llanos ecoregion of Casanare Department,
from which it was previously considered endemic (Acosta-Galvis
et al. 2022. Zootaxa 5099:527–548). In addition, first records from
Guaviare River sub-basin and transition zone between Llanos
and Amazon ecoregions (UF 193039–193041), and from southern
side of Meta River (UF 193042, 193043). Elachistocleis sikuani
and its phylogenetic sister species, E. tinigua, were recently
described as new species from populations currently left as
Elachistocleis sp. “cryptic species complex” (Struck et al. 2018.
Trends Ecol. Evol. 33:153–163; Acosta-Galvis et al. 2022, op. cit.).
Elachistocleis ovalis was determined to be a nomen inquirendae
(a species of doubtful name; Caramaschi 2010. Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio
de Janeiro, N. S. Zool. 527:1–30). A species of Elachistocleis was
documented from three sites in northern Guaviare Department
(Medina-Rangel et al. 2019. Biota Colomb. 20:1–7), including 1.4
and 1.5 airline km east and west, respectively, from one of the
new records of E. sikuani (UF 193040). However, Medina-Rangel
et al. (2019, op. cit.) provides a photograph of a specimen with
bright orange anterior thighs, which is characteristic of E. tinigua
(yellow in E. sikuani). The documentation of E. sikuani across a
large area within the Llanos ecoregion and transition zone with
the Amazon ecoregion (Dinerstein et al. 1995. A Conservation
Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and
the Caribbean. World Wildlife Fund Bank. Washington, D.C.
129 pp.) in different and frequently human-modified habitats
indicates that this is a relatively common, widespread, and
adaptable species. However, additional surveys and molecular,
morphological, acoustic, and life history data are needed to
better understand the systematics and distribution of E. sikuani
and other members of the E. ovalis species complex. I thank
Rafael O. de Sá for reviewing an earlier version of this note.
JOHN G. HIMES, 128 D. Craig Road, Deville, Louisiana 71328, USA; e-
mail: dibamus1@gmail.com.
ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JUANARIVEROI (Plains Coqui; Coquí
Llanero). USA: PUERTO RICO: MunicipaliTy oF arecibo: Caño Ti-
burones (18.47113°N, 66.67068°W; WGS 84), near sea level. 20, 27
December 2018. Alcides L. Morales-Pérez, Carlos A. Rodríguez-
Gómez, Omar Monzón-Carmona, Louis Santiago-Breván, and
Daniel Montalvo-Serrano. Verified by Neftalí Ríos-López. Museo
Zoológico, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras (MZUPRRP-
Am-9794–9797; photo vouchers). First record from the mu-
nicipality and only the second locality known for the species in
Puerto Rico, extending its distribution 49.7 airline km west of
the type locality at Sabana Seca, Municipality of Toa Baja (Ríos-
López and Thomas 2007. Zootaxa 1512:51–64). This species is
listed Critically Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(United States Department of the Interior 2012. Federal Regis-
ter 77:60777–60802). We notified the local subdirector and other
personnel of this agency who gave us permission to photograph
the vouchers, and who visited the locality for corroboration and
determining conservation actions. The photo vouchers include
a 3-egg clutch on a leaf axil of the Bulltongue Arrowhead plant
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 439
(Sagittaria lancifolia), a calling male, an adult female, and a
juvenile. Another non-vouchered adult male (15.01 mm SVL)
was measured from an additional photo as a scaled reference
of size. Identifying habitats for the species is critical for find-
ing other viable populations in Puerto Rico. In the area, calling
males were heard within a Puerto Rican Royal Palm (Roystonea
borinquena) break, characterized by woody vegetation such as
Spathodea campanulata, the liana Paullinia pinnata, and Ces-
trum diurnum, Radia aculeata, Psidium guajaba, Callophyllum
antillarum, and Mimosa pigra, and in adjacent palustrine herba-
ceous vegetation composed of S. lancifolia, Typha dominguen-
sis, Achrostichum danaeifolium, Cyperus ligularis, C. imbricatus,
Bacopa monnieri, and unidentified sedges.
ALCIDES L. MORALES-PÉREZ (e-mail: alcides@pln.org; alcides.mo-
rales@yahoo.com), CARLOS A. RODRÍGUEZ-GÓMEZ (e-mail: carlos@pln.
org), OMAR MONZÓN-CARMONA (e-mail: omar@pln.org), LOUIS SAN-
TIAGO-BREVÁN (e-mail: onthetrekpr@gmail.com), and DANIEL MON-
TALV O-SERRANO (e-mail: daniel@pln.org), Fideicomiso de Conservación
de Puerto Rico, para La Naturaleza, P.O. Box 9023554, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00902-3554.
ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PL ANIROSTRIS (Greenhouse Frog).
GRENADA: GRENADA GRENADINES: carriacou: Hillsborough
(12.4844°N, 61.4568°W; WGS 84), 8.5 m elev. 14 January 2022. Se-
lina Cheng. Verified by Luis M. Díaz. Milwaukee Public Museum
(VZP 1065; photo voucher). The frog was discovered in good
body condition in a wash basin at a dive shop located across
from the formerly active port in Hillsborough. A second indi-
vidual was discovered inside a living room of a home 17 April
2022, ca. 1400 m from the first record (12.497°N, 61.4205°W; WGS
84), 22 m elev. (VZP 1066; photo voucher). These observations
represent the first records of E. planirostris on Carriacou Island.
A population existed at least temporarily on the main island of
Grenada, with individuals collected in 1991 and 1992 that most
likely were introduced from Cuba in the 1980s (Henderson and
Powell 2018. Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Vincent and Gre-
nada Banks. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 448
pp.). Whether or not E. planirostris is established on the main
island of Grenada is unknown, even though a dedicated search
there in 2016 failed to find any, so it appears to be extirpated
(Henderson and Powell 2018, op. cit.).
BILLIE C. HARRISON, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis-
consin 35233, USA (e-mail: harrisonb@mpm.edu); SELINA CHENG, Div-
ing Contractor, Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies (e-mail: selina.cheng@
hotmailo.co.uk).
FEJERVARYA MOODIEI (Brackish Frog). PHILIPPINES: BI-
COL REGION: CAMARINES SUR PROVINCE: MALABUNGOT
ISLAND: MunicipaliTy oF garchiTorena: Barangay Binagasbasan
(13.92148°N, 123.58815°E; WGS 84). 0 m elev. 18 September 2020.
Cyrus Job P. Dela Cruz. Verified by Rafe M. Brown. Kansas Univer-
sity Digital Archive (KUDA 13745, 013746; photo voucher). Male
and female F. moodiei encountered exhibiting axillary amplexus
at ca. 2100 h. New island record (Diesmos et al. 2015. Proc. Cali-
fornia Acad. Sci. Ser. 4 62:457–539). A search in VertNet (www.
vertnet.org) for the nearest known museum specimen yielded a
specimen collected in Barangay Bogñabong, Tabaco City, Prov-
ince of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon Island, ca. 66 km south of
present record (Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas [KU]
323538).
CYRUS JOB P. DELA CRUZ, Bicol University Graduate School, Legazpi
City, Bicol region, Philippines; e-mail: cyrusjob.delacruz@bicol-u.edu.ph.
HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS (Cope’s Gray Treefrog). USA: WISCON-
SIN: bayField co.: Bailey Lake (46.61602°N, 91.34440°W; WGS 84).
17 June 2022. Alexandra Lehner. Verified by Christopher E. Smith,
Rori A. Paloski, and Andrew F. Badje. Milwaukee Public Museum
(MPM VZP1067a-b; audio vouchers). New county record that
extends the species’ documented range in northwest Wisconsin
(Casper 1996. Geographic Distributions of the Amphibians and
Reptiles of Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. 87 pp.). Multiple H. chrysoscelis vocalizations were
recorded on a clear, quiet evening between 2210–2225 h from
the south side of Bailey Lake. Bailey Lake is a small lake within
the northern reaches of the Northwest Sands Corridor, notably
less than one mile away from the Moquah Barrens within the
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The recording contains
at least three distinct individual H. chrysoscelis and were accom-
panied by numerous H. versicolor vocalizations; the latter tends
to be the more common species documented in northern Wis-
consin. This is the furthest north documentation of H. chrysos-
celis in Wisconsin. Hyla chrysoscelis were historically reported
by reliable herpetological sources from two townships in west-
central Bayfield County (ca. 20 km southwest), however those re-
cords were not vouchered or verified (Vogt 1981. Natural History
of Amphibians and Reptiles of Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Mu-
seum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 205 pp.). Records exist in Douglas
[MPM 16596; ca. 45 km southwest] and Burnett counties [UWZM
20682; ca. 120 km southwest]; while these records are vouchered,
a physical specimen without genetic sampling leaves these re-
cords ambiguous. The nearest official published record of a H.
chrysoscelis audio voucher is in Barron County [MPM VZP998;
ca. 120 km south].
ALEXANDRA LEHNER, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
113 E Bayeld Street, Washburn, Wisconsin 54891, USA; e-mail: alexandra.
lehner@usda.gov.
HYLA SQUIRELLA (Squirrel Treefrog). USA: TEXAS: coMal co.:
2965 IH-35 North, New Braunfels (29.73150°N, 98.07792°W; WGS
84). 8 May 2022. Ferris E. Zughaiyir. Verified by Gregory G. Pan-
delis. Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, Univer-
sity of Texas at Arlington (UTADC-9747). One adult (30 mm SUL,
8 mm HW) was collected on an empty terra cotta planter among
outdoor supplies at a retail outlet. A grassy field with ephemer-
al bodies of water adjacent to site of capture was present. New
county record that extends the species documented range in
central Texas (Dixon 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas:
with Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bibliography, and Distribution
Maps. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. 447
pp.). The nearest known record is ca. 102 km to the south in Atas-
cosa County (Biodiversity Collections, The University of Texas at
Austin [ TNHC] 7272). This record extends the known range for
this species westward from Lavaca County (Dixon 2013, op. cit).
Over the past five years several specimens have been reported
from Comal County on iNaturalist (iNat 6982431, 10172267,
18178587, 21917439, 52758417, 80985131). The specimen was
collected under Scientific Permit SPR-0102-191 issued to MRJF
by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
FERRIS E. ZUGHAIYIR (e-mail: f_z22@txstate.edu) and MICHAEL R.J.
FORSTNER, Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University
Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA.
INCILIUS ALVARIUS (Sonoran Desert Toad). USA: NEW MEX-
ICO: granT co.: Gila River, Nichol’s Canyon, ca. 10.9 km SW of
Redrock (32.6500°N, 108.8463°W; WGS 84), 1184 m elev. 4 July