| Euparkerella robusta | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Euparkerella |
| Species: | E. robusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Euparkerella robusta Izecksohn, 1988 | |
Euparkerella robusta is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to the state of Espírito Santo in southeastern Brazil. It has been recorded from the municipality of Mimoso do Sul (type locality) and the neighboring Atílio Vivacqua. Common name Izecksohn's Guanabara frog has been proposed for it.
Description
The body is robust. Adult males measure 17.2–21.5 mm (0.7–0.8 in) in snout–vent length. It is a large member of its genus; it differs from the other large species, Euparkerella tridactyla, by its longer fingers.
The male advertisement call consists of a single note comprising 5–8 long pulses repeated periodically. The pulses are relatively long and have a whistle-like character (as opposed to short snaps in other Euparkerella). The call duration is 1.3–2.2 seconds and the dominant frequency is 2.9–3.2 kHz.
Habitat and conservation
Euparkerella robusta occurs in leaf litter in primary and secondary forest. Development is direct (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage).
It is reasonably common at the type locality. Habitat loss caused by agriculture, logging, and human settlement is a concern. At time of the most recent IUCN assessment, it was not known to occur in any protected area. However, the locality in Atílio Vivacqua, Serra das Torres, could overlap with the Serra das Torres Natural Monument.
References
- ^ Débora Silvano & Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto (2004). "Euparkerella robusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57073A11577140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57073A11577140.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Euparkerella robusta Izecksohn, 1988". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Hepp, Fábio; Carvalho-E-Silva, Sergio P. de; Carvalho-E-Silva, Ana M.P. Telles de & Folly, Manuella (2015). "A fifth species of the genus Euparkerella (Griffths, 1959), the advertisement calls of E. robusta Izecksohn, 1988 and E. tridactyla Izecksohn, 1988, and a key for the Euparkerella species (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Craugastoridae)". Zootaxa. 3973 (2): 251–270. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.3.
- Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Euparkerella robusta | |