Geographic Distribution Record. Atelognathus jeinimenensis

SCOLARO, A.; MARTINAZZO, L.; BASSO, N. G.

HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW

Allen Press

Lugar: Salt Lake City; Año: 2008 vol. 29 p. 232 - 233

0018-084X

ATELOGNATHUS JEINIMENENSIS. ARGENTINA: SANTA CRUZ: Departamento Lago Buenos Aires: 71 km by road (50 km air line) S of Los Antiguos: 46º58’38.8”S, 71º49’41.6”W, 1256 m elevation, 23 March 2007. Alejandro Scolaro. Three adults and three juveniles. Herpetological collection, Museo de La Plata (MLP A. 4994-4999). Verified by Jorge D. Williams. Atelognathus jeinimenensis was only known from its type locality, a small pond in the Reserva Nacional Lago Jeinimeni, southern Chile, 46°49’59.6”S, 71°59’57.3”W (Meriggio et al., 2004, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile, 53: 99-123). The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN, Conservation International, and NatureServe (2006, Global Amphibian Assessment. <www.globalamphibians.org>). Specimens were collected at a small stream in the arid Patagonian steppe, in sympatry with the frog Pleurodema bufoninum. The habitat differs from the type locality in lacking a Nothofagus pumilio forest. These vouchers represent the first record for Argentina, extending the known range of the species to the East of the Andes, 20.7 km air line SE from the type locality.