Range Expansion of Scarthyla vigilans (Anura: Hylidae) in Trinidad, West Indies

Authors

  • Renoir J. Auguste Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies
  • Mike G. Rutherford University of the West Indies Zoology Museum, Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract

Scarthyla vigilans is a small frog in the family Hylidae (Solano 1971). This species was previously only known from mainland
South America and only relatively recently for the fi time recorded in the southwestern peninsula of Trinidad (Smith et al. 2011). Based on our subsequent observations, we herein report a range expansion for the species on Trinidad.

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Published

2015-12-31

Issue

Living World 2015

Section

Nature Notes