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Noteworthy records of amphibians and reptiles in Panama(Amphibia: Plethodontidae, Craugastoridae, Hylidae; Reptilia: Polychrotidae)

Gunther Köhler, Javier Sunyer, MarcoS Ponce & abel batiSta

Abstract

Wereport rangeextensions inPanama for twoanurans (Craugastor tabasarae, Isthmohyla zeteki)andthreespeciesofAnolis(A. auratus, A. fungosus, and A. microtus).WealsocollectedspecimensofBolitoglossa lignicolor and A. polylepisthatextendtheknownverticalrangeofthesespecies.Finally,wereportuponaseriesofthepoorlyknownCraugastor monnichorum.Briefeco-logicalfieldnotesareincluded.Forseveralspeciesnotesonthecolourationinlifeareprovided.

K e y w o r d s : Anolis auratus; Anolis fungosus; Anolis microtus; Anolis polylepis; Bolitoglos­sa lignicolor; Craugastor monnichorum; Craugastor tabasarae; Isthmohyla zeteki;geographicaldistribution;elevationalrange.

Bemerkenswerte Nachweise von Amphibien und Reptilien in Panama (Amphibia: Plethodontidae, Craugastoridae, Hylidae; Reptilia: Polychrotidae)

Z u s a mm e n f a s s u n g :WirberichtenüberneueFundortevonzweiFroschlurchen(Crauga­stor tabasarae, Isthmohyla zeteki)unddreiAnolis-Arten(A. auratus, A. fungosusundA. microtus),durchdiediebisherbekanntenVerbreitungsgebietedieserArtenerweitertwerden.VondenArtenBolitoglossa lignicolor undA. polylepishabenwirExemplaregesammelt,diediebisherdokumen-tiertevertikaleVerbreitungdieserArtenerweitern.VondemwenigbekanntenCraugastor monni­chorumhabenwirmehrereExemplaregesammeltundberichtenüberdieFarbvariationen.KurzeHinweisezudenökologischenFundumständenwerdengegeben.FürmehreredergesammeltenArtenpräsentierenwirDatenzurLebendfärbung.

Registros relevantes de anfibios y reptiles en Panamá (Amphibia: Plethodontidae, Craugastoridae, Hylidae; Reptilia: Polychrotidae)

R e s u m e n :AmpliamoselrangodedistribuciónenPanamádeCraugastor tabasarae, Isthmo­hyla zeteki, Anolis auratus, A. fungosusyA. microtus.TambiéncolectamosespecímenesdeBolito­glossa lignicolor yA. polylepisqueextiendenelrangodealtitudconocidodeestasespecies.Final-mente,reportamosacercadeunaseriedelapococonocidaCraugastor monnichorum.Incluimosbrevesanotacionesecológicasydescripcionesdecoloracióndedeterminadasespecies.

Authors’addresses:Dr.Gunther Köhler, ForschungsinstitutundNaturmuseumSenckenberg,Senckenberganlage25,D-60325FrankfurtamMain, Germany;gkoehler@senckenberg.de.Lic. Javier Sunyer, ForschungsinstitutundNaturmuseumSenckenberg,Senckenberganlage25,D-60325FrankfurtamMain, Germany;javier_sunyer@yahoo.com—also:GabinetedeEcologíayMedioAmbiente,DepartamentodeBiología,UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeNicaragua-León(UNAN-León),Nicaragua.Lic. MarcosPonceInstitutodeCienciasAmbietalesyDesarrolloSostenible,UniversidadAutónomadeChiriquí,David,Panamá.Lic. Abel batiSta, InstitutodeCienciasAmbietalesyDesarrolloSostenible,UniversidadAutónomadeChiriquí,David,Panamá;aa.batista334@uniandes.edu.co—also:GrupodeEcofisiologíadelComportamientoyHerpetología.UniversidaddelosAndes,Bogotá,Colombia.

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Introduction

Panamasupportsoneof themostdiverseandabun-dantherpetofaunasof anyCentralAmerican country(MyerS & DuellMan 1982, ibañezetal.2001).InJanu-ary2006wespentfourweeksinthefield,collectingatseverallocalitiesintheprovincesofChiriquíandBocasdelToro aswell as in theComarcaNgöbeBugle. Intotal,wecollectedabout80speciesofamphibiansandreptiles includingeightundescribedspecies (Köhleretal.2007a,b,WaKeetal.2007,Köhler & Sunyer2008).Thesefindingsindicatethattheamountofherpetologicalexplorationneeded inwesternPanama is still substan-tial.Itisevidentthatmanyspeciesstillawaitdiscoverybeforethelastfewexpansesofforestarereplacedwithcropland.Herewereportuponseveralnoteworthyspeci-

menscollectedduringourfieldworkinwesternPanamain2006, aswell as an additional specimencollectedearlier.

Materialsandmethods

Abbreviationsused forcollectorsareAB(AbelbatiSta),GK(GuntherKöhler), JS (JavierSunyer),andMP(MarcosPonce).SpecimenslabelledwithSMFnumbersaredepositedinthecollectionsoftheForschungsinstitutundNaturmuseumSenckenberg,FrankfurtamMain,Germany.Thecapitalizedcoloursandcolourcodes (the latter inparentheses)are thoseofSMithe(19­75–19­81).Abbreviationsformuseumcollectionsfollowthoseoflevitonetal.(19­85).

Results

Amphibia

Plethodontidae

Bolitoglossa lignicolor(PeterS1873)

Bolitoglossa lignicolor isarelativelywidespreadspe-ciesknownfromnumerouslocalitiesinCostaRicaandPanama.Wecollected this species at several sites inwesternPanamaincludingtwospecimens(SMF85059­–60),collected9­.i.2006atFincaC.A.S.A.,8º52'17.0''N,82º47'43.4''W, 8km NE Río Sereno, 1210m. Thisrecordextends thevertical rangeof thespecieswhichwaspreviouslyknown from2–884mabove sea level(SavaGe 2002).SMF85059­was foundduring thedaywhilstremovingleavesfromabananatreenearasmallstreaminaratheranthropogenizedarea.

Craugastoridae

Craugastor monnichorum(Dunn19­40)

Littleisknownaboutthismontanefrogwhichisalsopoorly represented inmuseumcollections (R. ibañez pers. comm., Jan.2006).On4.i.2006wecollecteda

series(SMF85031–36)ofCraugastor monnichorumatAltoChiquero(onsouthernslopeofVolcánBarú),about400mSof theParqueNacionalVolcanBarú (PNVB)station,8°50'N,82°29­'W,1810–1830m.Allspecimenswerefoundatnightalongastreamsittingonlowvegeta-tionoverhangingthewaterordirectlyattheedgeofthestream,20–100cmabove theground.Thefrogs inourseries exhibited strikingvariation in colour.Thecol-ourationinlifeofSMF85031wasrecordedasfollows:dorsalgroundcolourRawUmber(123)withYellowishOliveGreen(50)shadings;dorsalsnoutClayColor(26);lateralheadRusset(34);adistinctdirtywhitemidgularstripepresent;posterior thighSepia (119­)withDrab-Gray (119­D)mottling;venterDarkDrab (119­B)withdirtywhitemottling;ventralsurfacesofhandsandfeetBlackishNeutralGrey (82);upperportionof irisClayColor (26), lowerportionDrab (27),upperand lowerportionsseparatedbyaMaroon(31)horizontalbar.Thecolouration in lifeofSMF85032was recordedas fol-lows:dorsalgroundcolourMarsBrown (223A)withParrotGreen (260)blotches; lateralhead MarsBrown(223A)withMaroon (31)verticalbarsandsubcanthalstripe; supratympanicridgeSepia(119­)borderedbyMa-roon(31)below;posterior thighBrownishOlive (129­)

Fig.1.Bolitoglossa lignicolor (SMF85059­);8kmNERíoSereno,1210m.Fig.2.Craugastor monnichorum (SMF85035);AltoChiquero (onsouthernslopeofVolcánBarú),1810–1830m.Fig.3.Craugastor monnichorum (SMF85032);same localityasSMF85035.Fig.4.Craugastor monnichorum (SMF85034);samelocalityasSMF85035.Fig.5.Craugastor tabasarae(SMF85377);LaNevera,1600melevation,SerraníadeTabasará.Fig.6.Isthmohyla zeteki (SMF85382);samelocalityasSMF85377.Fig.7.JuvenilemaleofAnolis microtus(SMF85070);AltoChiquero(onsouthernslopeofVolcánBarú),1870m.Fig.8.JuvenilefemaleofAnolis microtus(SMF85069­);LaNevera,1600melevation,SerraníadeTabasará.

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withTrogonYellow (153)flecks;otherwise likeSMF85031.ThedorsalgroundcolourofSMF85034wasrecordedasParrotGreen(260).Thecolouration in lifeofSMF85035was recordedas follows:dorsalgroundcolourRawUmber(123);posteriorthighBuff(24)withOrangeYellow(18)mottling;ventral surfacesofhindlimbsBuff(24).

Craugastor tabasarae SavaGe, hollinGSWorth, liPS & JaSloW2004

Craugastor tabasaraewaspreviouslyknownonlyfrom its type locality (9­.7kmNNWElCopé,on thecontinentaldivideatSawmill,8°40'4''N,80°35'6''W,LaPintadaDistrict,CocléProvince,600–800m).On22.i.2006,wecollectedanadult specimen(SMF85377)atLaNevera,8°29­'45''N,81°46'35''W,1600melevation,SerraníadeTabasará,ComarcaNgöbeBugle,DistritodeNoleDüima,CorregimientodeJadeberi,Panama.Thisextends theknowngeographic rangeofC. tabasarae about130kmtothewest.SMF85377wasfoundactiveatnightincloudforest.Colourationinlifeofthespeci-menwasrecordedasfollows:dorsalgroundcolourFus-cous(21);vertebralstripeBuff(124);iguinalandthighregionPratt’sRufous(140);irisSmokeGrey(45)withaWarmSepia(221A)horizontalbar.

Hylidae

Isthmohyla zeteki (GaiGe 1929)

On22.i. 2006,we collected two adult specimens(SMF85382–83)of Isthmohyla zeteki atLaNevera,8°29­'45''N, 81°46'35''W,1600melevation,SerraníadeTabasará,ComarcaNgöbeBugle,DistritodeNoleDüima,Corregimientode Jadeberi,Panama.This ex-tends theknowngeographicrangeof thespeciesabout65kmtotheeast(DuellMan2001).SMF85382–83areadult♂♂thatwerecallingfromterrestrialtankbrome-liadsatnight.ThecolourationinlifeofSMF85377wasrecordedasfollows:dorsalgroundcolourBuff(24);dor-salsurfaceofsnoutRawUmber(23);chinOliveYellow(52);venter transparentwithwhiteperitoneumvisible;irisBrickRed(132A).

Reptilia

Polychrotidae

Anolis auratus DauDin1802

AccordingtoKöhler(2003),Anolis auratusisknowntooccurfromcentralPanamaintonorthernSouthAme-rica.WefoundthisspeciestobeabundantnearDavidinwesternPanama.On14.i.2006,GKandJScollectedafewspecimens(SMF8509­4–9­6)atthevillageofLosAl-garrobos,8º29­'47''N,82º26'0''W,130melevation.SMF

8509­4–9­6werefoundactiveduringthedayingrassinabackyardontheouterlimitsofLosAlgarrobos.

Anolis fungosus MyerS19­71

Anolis fungosus isknownonlyfromafewlocalitiesin theCordilleradeTalamaca inCostaRicaandadja-centPanama(SavaGe 2002).On4.iii.2006,ABandMPcollectedanadult♂(SMF86385;SVL48.2m)ofthisspeciesnearRioHornito (8°43'4.7''N,82°13'42.1''W,1075melevation) in theReservaForestaldeFortuna,Chiriquí.Thisextends theknowngeographic rangeofthespeciesabout55kmtotheeastfromitsnearestcol-lecting site (upperwatershedofRíoChangena,northversantCerroPando,Bocas delToro;MyerS 19­71).SMF86385wasfoundatnightwhileitwassleepingonthebranchofabush.

Anolis microtus coPe1871

SavaGe(2002:455)reportsAnolis microtustoexhibit“a lightyellowor tangroundcolormarkedbyaseriesof light brown-centereddarkbands thatmay changetogreenonflanks.”Slevin (19­42) reportedupona ju-venile specimen (CAS79­59­8) fromBoquete thathadagrayishgroundcolourwithheavyblackcross-bandsin life.On3.i.2006wecollecteda juvenile♂ (SMF85070;SVL41.5mm)atAltoChiquero (on southernslopeofVolcánBarú),above theParqueNacionalVol-canBaru (PNVB)station,8°50'47''N,82°29­'13.6''W,1870m,whichagreedwellwith thedescriptiongivenbySlevin (19­42).On22.i.2006,wecollecteda juve-nile♀ (SMF85069­;SVL70.0mm)ofA. microtus atLaNevera,8°29­'45''N,81°46'35''W,1600melevation,SerraníadeTabasará,ComarcaNgöbeBugle,DistritodeNoleDüima,Corregimientode Jadeberi,Panama.Thisextendstheknowngeographicrangeofthespecies80kmtotheeastfromitsnearestcollectingsite(ANSP22418–19­ fromBoquete,Chiriquí;G.Köhlerunpub-lishedobserv.).SMF85069­has a remarkableoverallgreenishcolouration,andweprovidethefollowingnotesonitscolourationinlife:DorsumofheadwithshadingsofYellowOcher(123C)andCitrine(51);lateralsurfacesof snoutOliveYellow (52)butpaler; aChestnut (32)circumorbital ringpresent, continuingasapostorbitalstripeedgedbyVandykeBrown(221);dorsalandlateralsurfacesofbodywithdifferentshadesofgreenandyel-low includingBuntingGreen (150)andOliveYellow(52)with fourGreenishOlive (49­)obliquecross-bars;centersofcross-barsinvertebralregionVandykeBrown(221); tailYellowishOlive-Green (50)withVandykeBrown(121)cross-bars; irisRawUmber(223)gradingintoCyan(164)peripherically;dewlapBeige(219­)withCreamColor(54)stripesthathaveasuggestionofLimeGreen(59­).

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Anolis polylepis PeterS1873

Previously,Anolis polylepiswasknownfromsealev-el to1330melevation (SavaGe 2002, Köhler 2003).On29­.i.2006,JScollectedoneadult♂ofthisspecies(SMF85442) at 1615melevation at the headwatersofQuebradaChevo,8º52'27.6''N,82º44'31.7''W.SMF85442wasfoundatnightsleepingonathinbranchabout2mabovetheground,nearastream.

Acknowledgements

CollectingandexportationpermitswereprovidedbyYarielahiDalGo and Jorge Garcia,AutoridadNacionaldelAmbiente

(ANAM),PanamaCity,Panama.Q.D.FuenMayor,PanamaCity,Panama,providedvaluableassistancewithacquisitionof thesepermits.M.PiePenbrinG,Botanisches Institut, J.W.Goethe-Universität,FrankfurtamMain,Germany,B.E.San-Jur,FacultaddeCienciasNaturalesyExactasdelaUniversi-dadAutónomadeChiriquí (UNACHI),Davíd,Panama,andJavieryanGuez,PorfirioyanGuezandOfilioyanGuez,FincaCASA,Panama,provided logistic support forour studies inPanama.ThispaperisbasedonpartuponworksupportedbytheDeutscherAkademischerAustauschdienst (DAAD) toG.KöhlerandtoJ.SunyerthroughthePartnershipProgrambe-tweentheJ.W.Goethe-UniversitätFrankfurtamMain,Germa-ny,andFacultaddeCienciasNaturalesyExactas,UniversidadAutónomadeChiriquí(UNACHI),Davíd,Panama.

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