Alsodes vanzolinii

Alsodes vanzolinii
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Alsodidae
Genus:	Alsodes
Species:	A. vanzolinii
Binomial name
Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)
Synonyms
Eupsophus vanzolinii Donoso-Barros, 1974

Alsodes vanzolinii is a species of frog in the family Alsodidae.

Geographic range

A. vanzolinii is endemic to the western slopes of the Nahuelbuta Range, Arauco Province, Chile.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of A. vanzolinii are temperate forests and rivers.[1]

Conservation status

A. vanzolinii is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Alsodes vanzolinii is one of the 18 Alsodes species, 16 of which are present in Chile.[2] Currently, they are considered a critically endangered species by the IUCN (2010) and one of the most threatened Chilean anuran species due to the habitat destruction and expanding exotic tree plantations.[3] It is necessary to increase survey efforts of new populations and how plantation managements, like herbicides and fertilisers are affecting them.[4]

Etymology

The specific name vanzolinii honors Paulo Vanzolini, a Brazilian herpetologist and composer.[5]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Alsodes vanzolinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T932A79808564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T932A79808564.en. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
2. Puente-Torres, Soledad; Barceló, Matías; Simonetti, Javier A. (2017-11-17). "Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974): a new locality in a disturbed habitat for a Critically Endangered species". Check List. 13 (6): 813–816. doi:10.15560/13.6.813. ISSN 1809-127X.
3. Rabanal, Felipe E.; Alarcón, Diego (2010-08-01). "Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae, Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974): rediscovery in nature, latitudinal and altitudinal extension in Nahuelbuta Range, southern Chile". Check List. 6 (3): 362. doi:10.15560/6.3.362. ISSN 1809-127X.
4. Correa, Claudio; Morales, Jesús; Schussler, Constantino; Ortiz, Juan C. (2020-01-02). "An enigmatic population of Alsodes (Anura, Alsodidae) from the Andes of central Chile with three species-level mitochondrial lineages". Mitochondrial DNA Part A. 31 (1): 25–34. doi:10.1080/24701394.2019.1704744. ISSN 2470-1394. PMID 31905031. S2CID 210041283.
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. pp. 346–347. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.

Further reading

• Donoso-Barros R (1974). "Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 217–229. (Eupsophus vanzolinii, new species, pp. 226–228, Figure 9). (in Spanish).