Title
Elevational range extension of the marsupial frog, gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & bibron, 1841) (anura, hemiphractidae), from southern peru
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Steigerwald E.
Sorokin A.
Jared Guevara Y.
Crispin G.
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
We extend by 300 m the known upper elevational range of the Marsupial frog, Gastrotheca marsupiata (Dumeril & Bi-bron, 1841), to 4,660 m a.s.l. This record makes G. marsupiata the highest occurring frog in its genus, which is already characterized by high-elevation distributions. We suggest that this record may represent a case of climate-induced range shifting and discuss this record in the context of our still limited understanding of how amphibian distributions are being affected by climate change.
Start page
145
End page
150
Volume
17
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85101117433
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
Fieldwork was funded by the Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund from the Roger Williams Park Zoo & Rhode Island Zoological Society, Karl Koford Grant from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Reed Scholarship from the Northern California Association of Phi Beta Kappa, and the Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Thanks to Felipe and Severino Crispin for their generous loan of some important field equipment. Thanks to Kelsey Reider and Tracie and Anton Seimon for information on their previous amphibian surveys in the Cordillera Vilcanota. We appreciate the helpful feedback from Javier Ernesto Cortés Suárez and two anonymous reviewers. ES was supported by the National Science Foundation NSF GRFP.
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