Amazonian amphibians: diversity, spatial distribution patterns, conservation and sampling deficits.

ABSTRACT: The Amazon biome is home to the largest tropical forest on the planet and has the greatest global biodiversity on Earth. Despite this, several less charismatic taxonomic groups, such as amphibians, lack comprehensive studies on their species richness and spatial distribution in the Amazon Region. In this study, we investigated: i) patterns of richness and endemism of Amazonian amphibians across geopolitical and biogeographic divisions, ii) similarities between different Amazonian bioregions, iii) temporal trends in amphibian sampling, iv) conservation status of amphibians according to assessments of the IUCN and v) the importance of diverse data sources in building a robust database of amphibian occurrences. We aggregated data from four different sources: publicly accessible platforms, pee

SUBMITTER: Penhacek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471977 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature