ATLANTIC AMPHIBIANS: a data set of amphibian communities from the Atlantic Forests of South America

作者：Vancine Mauricio Humberto; Duarte Kaua da Silva; de Souza Yuri Silva; Ribeiro Giovanelli Joao Gabriel; Martins Sobrinho Paulo Mateus; Lopez Ariel; Bovo Rafael Parelli; Maffei Fabio; Lion Marilia Bruzzi; Ribeiro Junior Jose Wagner; Brassaloti Ricardo; Rocha da Costa Carolina Ortiz; Sawakuchi Henrique Oliveira; Forti Lucas Rodriguez; Cacciali Pier; Bertoluci Jaime; Baptista Haddad Celio Fernando; Ribeiro Milton Cezar

来源：Ecology, 2018, 99(7): 1692-1692.

DOI：10.1002/ecy.2392

• amphibian communities
• anurans
• Atlantic Forest Biome
• biodiversity hotspot
• caecilians
• Neotropical region

Amphibians are among the most threatened vertebrates in the world and this is also true for those inhabiting the Atlantic Forest hotspot, living in ecosystems that are highly degraded and threatened by anthropogenic activities. We present a data set containing information about amphibian communities sampled throughout the Atlantic Forest Biome in South America. The data were extracted from 389 bibliographic references (articles, books, theses, and dissertations) representing inventories of amphibian communities from 1940 to 2017. The data set includes 17,619 records of 528 species with taxonomic certainty, from 1,163 study sites. Of all the records, 14,450 (82%) were classified using the criterion of endemism; of those, 7,787 (44%) were considered endemic and 6,663 (38%) were not. Historically, multiple sampling methods were used to survey amphibians, the most representative methods being active surveys (82.1%), surveys at breeding sites (20%), pitfall traps (15.3%), and occasional encounters (14.5%). Species richness averaged 15.2 +/- 11.3 (mean +/- SD), ranging from 1 to 80 species per site. We found a low dominance in the communities, with 10 species occurring in about 26% of communities: Physalaemus cuvieri (4.1%), Dendropsophus minutus (3.8%), Boana faber (3.1%), Scinax fuscovarius (2.8%), Leptodactylus latrans (2.7%), Leptodactylus fuscus (2.6%), Boana albopunctata (2.3%), Dendropsophus nanus (1.6%), Rhinella ornata (1.6%), and Leptodactylus mystacinus (1.6%). This data set represents a major effort to compile inventories of amphibian communities for the Neotropical region, filling a large gap in the data on the Atlantic Forest hotspot. We hope this data set can be used as a credible tool in the proposal of new studies on amphibian sampling and even in the development of conservation planning for these taxa. This information also has great relevance for macroecological studies, being foundational for both conservation and restoration strategies in this biodiversity hotspot.

• 出版日期2018-7
• 单位Univ Estadual Paulista