@article {57546, title = {New species, diversity, systematics, and conservation assessment of the Puppet Toads of Sumatra (Anura: Bufonidae: Sigalegalephrynus)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Using a combination of morphological and molecular data we recognize three new species of Puppet Toad, Sigalegalephrynus Smart, Sarker, Arifin, Harvey, Sidik, Hamidy, Kurniawan \& Smith, a recently described genus endemic to the highland forests of Sumatra, Indonesia. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences recovered a monophyletic relationship among all Puppet Toads, with two distinct evolutionary clades, a northern and a southern. The northern clade includes Sigalegalephrynus gayoluesensis sp. nov., and S. burnitelongensis sp. nov., and the southern clade includes S. harveyi sp. nov., S. mandailinguensis, and S. minangkabauensis. With the discovery of these three new species, Sigalegalephrynus contains more endemic species than any other genus of toad in Indonesia. We used maximum entropy, implemented in MaxEnt, to identify suitable habitats and occurrence probability of additional undescribed new species from the island. The most important predictors of Sigalegalephrynus distribution were elevation (64.5\%) and land cover (7.11\%). Based on the probability of presence, it is likely that there are many more species of the genus awaiting discovery in Sumatra. Our analysis, based on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species category and criteria, shows that all of the five species of Sigalegalephrynus are in great risk of extinction and should be placed into the Endangered (EN) category of IUCN Red List.

}, keywords = {Chordata, GeoCAT, Indonesia, IUCN Red List, MaxEnt, Niche modeling, Sigalegalephrynus burnitelongensis sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus gayoluesensis sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus harveyi sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus mandailinguensis, Sigalegalephrynus minangkabauensis, Southeast Asia, Sunda Shelf}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4679.210.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.9}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4679.2https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4679.2.9}, author = {SARKER, GOUTAM C. and WOSTL, ELIJAH and THAMMACHOTI, PANUPONG and SIDIK, IRVAN and HAMIDY, AMIR and KURNIAWAN, NIA and SMITH, ERIC N.} } @article {57365, title = {IDENTIFYING CANADIAN TOAD (ANAXYRUS HEMIOPHRYS) HABITAT IN NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA}, journal = {Herpetological Conservation and Biology}, volume = {14}, year = {2019}, pages = {503{\textendash}514}, author = {Natasha C. Annich and PASZKOWSKI, CYNTHIA A} } @article {53522, title = {Automated Monitoring Techniques Reveal New Proximate Cues of Houston Toad Chorusing Behavior}, journal = {Herpetological Review}, volume = {49}, year = {2018}, pages = {622{\textendash}626}, author = {MACLAREN, ANDREW R and MCCRACKEN, SHAWN F and FORSTNER, MICHAEL RJ} } @article {53444, title = {The advertisement call of two species of the Rhinella granulosa group (Anura: Bufonidae)}, journal = {Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology}, volume = {17}, year = {2018}, month = {Jun-12-2019}, pages = {255 - 265}, abstract = {

The advertisement call of two species of the Rhinella granulosa group (Anura: Bufonidae). The group of Rhinella granulosa presently harbors 14 species distributed in Central and South America. The advertisement calls of 12 species have been described. Herein, we provide data on the calls of R. granulosa and R. merianae recorded in populations far from locations of previous call descriptions, and we discuss possible causes of differences found. We used recordings of R. granulosa from the interior of Bahia State and recordings of R. merianae from Roraima. For both, calls consist of a long-lasting trill of four-pulsed notes. Rhinella granulosa calls last 3.7\–9.6 s, have 121\–283 notes, each lasting 19\–25 ms released at a rate of 29.2\–34.7/s, and with dominant frequency peaking between 2472\–2809 Hz. Rhinella merianae calls last 4.0\–7.1, have 153\–217 notes, each lasting 17\–20 ms, released at a rate of 37.7\–39.5/s, and with dominant frequency peaking between 2959\–3189 Hz. Both species are distinguished from most other species of the R. granulosa species group by the combination of pulse number and dominant frequency. Our data on R. granulosa differed (p \< 0.05) in call duration and/or in dominant frequency from specimens from Natal (Rio Grande do Norte state) and Cabaceiras (Para\íba state). Our data on R. merianae appear to differ in dominant frequency from the only call (a single male) known from the Amazon River bank. The differences we found between our data and published call data suggest that further study of calls of additional populations of these species is warranted.

}, issn = {1519-1397}, doi = {10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i2p255-265}, url = {http://www.revistas.usp.br/phyllo/article/view/152946}, author = {Ariovaldo A. Giaretta and Haga, Isabelle Aquemi and Andrade, Felipe Silva de} } @article {53248, title = {Description of the advertisement calls of four species of Amazophrynella (Anura:Bufonidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4459}, year = {2018}, month = {Feb-08-2019}, pages = {193}, abstract = {

Amazophrynella comprises 11 small bufonid species with a pan-Amazonian distribution (Fouquet et al. 2012a, b; Rojas et al. 2016, Rojas et al. 2018). All species inhabit the forest leaf litter, breed in seasonal puddles and are diurnally and nocturnally active (Fouquet et al. 2012b; Rojas et al. 2014; 2015; 2016). Until now only one nominal species, A. javierbustamantei, and two putative lineages\—A. moisesii (Rio Yuyapichis, Peru) and A. siona (Santa Cecilia, Ecuador)\—had their advertisement calls formally described (Duellman 1978; Schl\üter 1981; Rojas et al. 2016). Herein, we described for the first time the advertisement calls from additional four species of Amazophrynella.

}, keywords = {Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4459.110.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.11}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4459.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4459.1.11}, author = {Vinicius Tadeu De Carvalho and Robson Waldemar {\'A}vila and KAWASHITA-RIBEIRO, RICARDO A. and Tomas Hrbek and Marcelo Gordo} } @article {12299, title = {Some new frogs from Sarawak}, journal = {Amphibia-Reptilia}, volume = {4}, year = {1984}, pages = {103 - 115}, abstract = {

Four new frogs are described from the Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak: Ansonia torrentis and pelophryne api (Bufonidae), Kalophrynus nubicola (Microhylidae), and Rhacophorus kajau (Rhacophoridae).

}, issn = {0173-5373}, doi = {10.1163/156853883X00021}, url = {http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/10.1163/156853883x00021}, author = {Dring, Julian C.} }