Priority regions for threatened frog and toad conservation in Latin America

Citation: Loyola RD, Becker CG, Kubota U, Haddad CFB, Fonseca CR, et al. (2008) Hung Out to Dry: Choice of Priority Ecoregions for Conserving Threatened Neotropical Anurans Depends on Life-History Traits. PLoS ONE 3(5): e2120. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002120

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Related image for press use: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-03-05-loyola1.jpg (Caption: Phyllomedusa ayeaye. This rare species occurs in open areas on shrubs near pools. The egg clutch is deposited on leaves above permanent flowing water, and when hatched the tadpoles fall into streams below. It is critically endangered mainly due to habitat degradation. Photo: Célio F. B. Haddad.)

Related image for press use: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-03-05-loyola2.jpg (Caption: The threatened frog Bokermannohyla izecksohni. It is usually found on vegetation or on forest leaf-litter near streams in Brazil. This species breeds in temporary ponds. Photo: Célio F. B. Haddad.)

Related image for press use: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-03-05-loyola3.jpg (Caption:This species, Scinax alcatraz, occurs only in Ilha de Alcatrazes – an island off the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is also threatened of extinction. Photo: Célio F. B. Haddad.)