Dinâmica da ocupação de Dendropsophus decipiens (Lutz, 1925) em bromélias de um fragmento de Mata Atlântica semidecidual

Abstract

By offer microhabitat, bromeliads are of great importance in the life of amphibians. Anuran bromeliads eventually use bromeliads, and in the rainy season they go to water bodies like temporary puddles and lakes to breed. It is not known if these adults return to the same bromelials or even if their descendants also return. Thus the following work aims to understand the dynamics of occupation of Dendropsophus decipiens (Lutz, 1925) living in bromeliads during a dry and rainy period in bromelials located in the Alto da Buchada Forest in the Tapacurá ecological reserve in the metropolitan region of Recife. The collections were performed from October 2017 to October 2018, with a sampling effort of four people where the method used was the visual active search, done at night between 18:00 and 22:00. The collected specimens were weighed, measured individually marked by the elastomer technique. The abundance of anurans was 127 individuals collected and through this study found that precipitation and temperature were important factors in the presence or absence of these animals in the bromelials.