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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-05-14
Page range: 249–250
Abstract views: 46
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Rectification of the type locality of Ischnocnema paranaensis (Anura: Brachycephalidae), a missing species of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mater Natura – Instituto de Estudos Ambientais, Rua Lamenha Lins 1080, CEP 80250-020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal (IB-UFPel) and Centro de Integração do Mercosul, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rua Andrade Neves, 1529, CEP 96020-080, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mater Natura – Instituto de Estudos Ambientais, Rua Lamenha Lins 1080, CEP 80250-020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-990, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Ischnocnema paranaensis Anura Brachycephalidae Amphibia Brazil

Abstract

Ischnocnema paranaensis (Langone & Segalla, 1996) was described on the basis of a specimen collected in 1988 in a high-altitude site in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil (Langone & Segalla 1996). Since then, no additional records of the species have been obtained, despite being searched for multiple times shortly after its description (Eterovick et al. 2005). Several surveys at high altitudes in Paraná (e.g. Alves et al. 2006, Langone et al. 2008), some of which in the same region where the type was collected (Ribeiro et al. 2005, Fontoura et al. 2011), also failed to find this species. The species was therefore considered endangered in the state of Paraná (Segalla & Langone 2004), and the possibility that it had disappeared from the highlands was also considered (Eterovick et al. 2005). A species without any records for nearly 30 years should be sought mainly at its type locality, yet, the location of the type locality was incorrectly reported in the original description. Therefore, we here rectify the type locality of I. paranaensis.