Altitudinal records of data-deficient and threatened frog species from the Atlantic Rainforest of the Serra dos Órgãos mountains, in southeastern Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 229 - 230
• Main Authors: Siqueira, C C, Vrcibradic, D, Rocha, C F D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Association of the Brazilian Journal of Biology 01.02.2013; Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
• Subjects: Altitude; Animals; Anura; Anura - classification; BIOLOGY; Brazil; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered Species; Pimenta; Rainforests; Trees; Wildlife conservation; Brazil; Brasil; Rio de Janeiro Brazil; ASW, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; A, Atlantic
• ISSN: 1519-6984; 1678-4375; 1678-4375; 1519-6984
• DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842013000100027

Threatened species are usually the focus of conservation efforts and funding programs, but little attention is given to species considered "data-deficient" (DD), contradicting the IUCN's recommendation to give them the same degree of attention as threatened taxa (Pimenta et al., 2005). Here, the authors present information on the occurrences of some anuran species currently considered as data-deficient, near threatened or endangered (and some species which are not on the IUCN list), based on data gathered during surveys conducted from November 2007 to March 2010 in the Atlantic Rainforest of the Serra dos Orgaos mountain range region, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The authors hope these data improve the knowledge on these poorly known species and stimulate future long-term studies with them, contributing to conservation efforts for amphibians in the Atlantic Rainforest.