Herpetology Notes, volume 6: 395-400 (2013) (published online on 23 September 2013)
New records and updated distribution map of Iphisa elegans
Gray, 1851 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae)
Sheila Pereira de Andrade1,*, Danusy Lopes Santos2, Ricardo Alexandre Kawashita-Ribeiro3
and Wilian Vaz-Silva4
The genus Iphisa Gray, 1851 is composed of only
one species, Iphisa elegans, distributed in the primary
forests of the Amazon Basin of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Colombia, Brazil, and Guiana Shield – Guyana, Surinam
(Castoe et al., 2004). In Brazil, the species is known from
Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia and Mato
Grosso (Ávila-Pires, 1995; Gainsbury and Colli, 2003;
Rodrigues et al., 2005; Macedo, Bernarde and Abe,
2008; Vitt et al., 2008; Ávila-Pires et al., 2009; França
and Venâncio, 2010; Ávila and Kawashita-Ribeiro,
2011; Marçal, Gomes and Coragem, 2011; MendesPinto and Souza, 2011; Nunes et al., 2012). However,
there are still several gaps in the known distribution
(Gray, 1851; Dixon, 1974; Duellman, 1978; ÁvilaPires, 1995; Duellman and Salas, 1991; Hoogmoed and
Ávila-Pires, 1991; Vitt et al., 2008). Iphisa elegans is
a species with diurnal habits, and tends to forage just
below the top layer of leaves covering the forest floor
(Vitt et al., 2008).
In the present note we reported new records of I.
elegans (Figure 1) for the state of Mato Grosso, in Central
Brazil. On 11 October 2011, two adult specimens of I.
elegans were collected in the municipality of Tangará
1 Centro Tecnológico de Engenharia Ltda., Rua 254, 146, Setor
Coimbra, 74.535-440, Goiânia, GO, Brazil;
2
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Ciências Biológi­
cas, Departamento de Ecologia. Rodovia Goiânia-Nerópolis
km 5, Campus II, Setor Itatiaia, 74.001-970, Goiânia, GO,
Brazil;
3 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências,
Coleção de Vertebrados. Avenida Fernando Corrêa da Costa,
Coxipó, 78.060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil;
4 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás - PUC Goiás,
Departamento de Biologia. Rua 235, n. 40, Bloco L, Setor
Universitário, 74.605-010, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
*Corresponding author; e-mail: [email protected]
da Serra, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (14°51’3.78”S,
57°50’11.74”W). The specimens were captured in
pitfall traps with drift-fences, installed in forested
savanna fragments and riparian forests near the Juba
river (collection permit: SUPES/MT 57/2011). The
collected specimens were euthanized with injectable
anesthetic, fixed in 10% formalin and preserved in
alcohol 70%, tissue samples were taken. The specimens
were deposited at the Zoological Collection of the
Universidade Federal de Goiás (ZUFG), Goiânia,
state of Goiás, Brazil (Specimen number: ZUFG 640641). The I. elegans specimens from Tangará da Serra
municipality fully agree with the diagnosis of Gray
(1851) and Dixon (1974).
Examination of additional material, previously
deposited in the “Coleção Zoológica de Vertebrados
da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso” (UFMT;
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil) (see Appendix),
allowed us to confirm the presence of I. elegans in
ten additional localities in north and southwest from
state Mato Grosso: municipalities of Colniza ( Parque
Estadual Igarapés do Juruena, 8º54’42”S, 59º04’55”W;
Estação Ecológica do Rio Roosevelt, Distrito de
Panelas, 8º54’11”S, 60º49’22”W), Apiacás (Parque
Nacional do Juruena, 9º04’01”S, 57º52’18”W); UHE
Apiacás, 9º12’16”S, 57º05’19”W), Cláudia (Fazenda
Continental, 11º27’47”S, 54º59’25”W), Sapezal (PCH
Cachoeirão, 12º59’48”S, 58º57’29”W), Comodoro
(13º48’56”S, 59º41’11” W), Jauru (PCH Ombreiras,
15º06’59”S,
58º43’59”W), Araputanga
(PCH
Ombreiras, 15º08’05”S, 58º56’43”W), and Reserva do
Cabaçal (15º04’48”S, 58º27’57”W) (Figure 2, Table
1).
The records of I. elegans for the Mato Grosso state
extend its geographic distribution in approximately
125 km east and 311 km southeast of their distributions
nearest known (Vale de São Domingos, 15º07’00”
S, 58º58’00” W, and Juara, 10°25’46” S, 57°38’16”
W, respectively). Notwithstanding, the records from
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Figure 1. Iphisa elegans (ZUFG 640) collected in Tangará da Serra municipality, state of Mato Grosso, Central Brazil. Photo by
Sheila P. Andrade.
Figure 2. Distribution map of Iphisa elegans in Brazil. Symbols: Star: Type locality; Closed circles: literature records from Brazil
(see Table 1 for localities numbers and literature); Open circles: New records in state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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New records and updated distribution map of Iphisa elegans (Gray 1851)
mesoregions North (Sapezal, Comodoro) and Southwest
of the Mato Grosso state (Jauru, Araputanga, Reserva do
Cabaçal and Tangará da Serra) represent the localities
nearest the Cerrado biome.
In addition, the present records might contribute to
future studies on the biogeography of this group, as it
is inserted in an area tension between biomes (Amazon-
Cerrado). Biogeographic patterns have suggested that
transitional regions are characterized by high species
richness due to the overlap of their distributional ranges,
being composed of inhabitants of adjacent biomes, and
also of atypical species (Vitt, 1991; Silva, 1995; New,
2002; Ratter, Bidgewater and Ribeiro, 2003; Vaz-Silva
and Andrade, 2009; Oliveira et al., 2010).
Table 1. Localities with records of Iphisa elegans in Brazil, and their respective literature references.
Locality
Site
Geographic Coordinate
Literature Cited
Pará state (PA)
Belém
1
01°27’52” S, 48°29’45” W
Gray 1851 (Type locality)
Portel
2
01º57’36” S, 51º36’55” W
Ribeiro-Junior et al. 2011
Oriximiná
3
01º30’00” S, 55º50’00” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Juriti
4
02°09’09’’S, 56°05’42’’W
Prudente et al. 2013
Santarém
5
04°39’55” S, 55°57’10” W
Mendes-Pinto and Souza 2011
Trairão
6
04º34’33” S, 55º24’14” W
Mendes-Pinto and Souza 2011
Macapá
7
0°01’32” N, 51° 4’0” W
Lima 2008
Mazagão
8
0º01’00” S, 51º42’00” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Serra do Navio
9
0°52’00” N, 52°1’32” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Barcelos
10
0°58’31” S, 62°55’28” W
Neckel-Oliveira and Gordo 2004
Rio Preto da Eva
11
2º20’30” S, 59º12’52” W
Ilha and Dixo, 2010
Manaus
12
3°14’12” S, 59°59’26” W
Vitt et al. 2008
Autazes
13
4º09’37” S, 60º07’51” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Nova Olinda do Norte
14
4º20’39” S, 58º38’06” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Anori
15
4°03’00’’S, 61°40’00’’W
Waldez, Menin and Vogt 2013
Amapá state (AP)
Amazonas state (AM)
Borba
16
4º54’63” S, 61º06’46” W
Nunes et al. 2012
17
5º3’37” S, 60º17’44” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Manicoré
18
5º24’37” S, 60º43’16” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Novo Aripuanã
19
6º24’00” S, 60º21’00” W
Nunes et al. 2012
20
7º37’01” S, 60º40’54” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Jutaí
21
5º29’16” S, 68º48’23” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Tabatinga
22
4º13’48” S, 69º56’12” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Benjamin Constant
23
4º23’00” S, 70º1’53” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Boca do Acre
24
9º0’47” S, 67º10’52” W
França and Venâncio 2010
25
07°38’23” S, 72°47’43” W
Bernarde et al. 2013
26
7º57’20” S, 72º04’37” W
Bernarde et al. 2011
27
8°16’00” S, 72°47’00” W
Ávila-Pires et al. 2009
28
9º37’38” S, 65º26’46” W
Nunes et al. 2012
29
8°45’57” S, 63°54’7” W
Marçal et al. 2011
30
8º10’37” S, 62º 48’63” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Candeias do Jamari
31
8º46’54” S, 63º42’48” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Guajará-Mirim
32
10°19’00” S, 64°33’00” W
Ávila-Pires et al. 2009
São Francisco do Guaporé
33
11°51’36” S, 63°43’75” W
Ávila-Pires 1995
Ariquemes
34
9°55’37” S, 63°4’7” W
Ávila-Pires et al. 2009
Cacaulândia
35
10º19’53” S, 63º05’24” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Acre state (AC)
Cruzeiro do Sul
Porto Valter
Rondônia state (RO)
Porto Velho
1
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Locality
Site
Geographic Coordinate
Literature Cited
Espigão do Oeste
36
11°35’00” S, 60°45’00” W
Macedo et al. 2008
Pimenta Bueno
37
11°57’9” S, 60°49’9” W
Gainsbury and Colli 2003
Vilhena
38
12º 43’00” S, 60º07’00” W
Gainsbury and Colli 2003
39
8º54’11” S, 60º49’22” W
New record
40
8º54’42” S, 59º04’55” W
New record
41
9º04’01” S, 57º52’18” W
New record
42
9º34’03” S, 57º21’04” W
Nunes et al. 2012
43
9º12’16” S, 57º05’19” W
New record
Aripuanã
44
9°16’24” S, 60°37’12” W
Rodrigues et al. 2005
Cotriguaçu
45
9º50’10” S, 58º15’09” W
Kawashita-Ribeiro et al. 2011
Nova Bandeirantes
46
10º20’48” S, 57º41’21” W
Ávila and Kawashita-Ribeiro 2011
Juara
47
10°25’46” S, 57°38’16” W
Ávila and Kawashita-Ribeiro 2011
Juruena
48
10º19’53” S, 58º21’32” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Mato Grosso state (MT)
Colniza
Apiacás
Cláudia
49
11º27’47”S, 54º59’25” W
New record
Sapezal
50
12º59’48” S, 58º57’29” W
New record
Comodoro
51
13º48’56” S, 59º41’11” W
New record
Vale de São Domingos
52
15º07’00” S, 58º58’00” W
Nunes et al. 2012
Jauru
53
15º06’59” S, 58º43’59” W
New record
Araputanga
54
15º08’05” S, 58º56’43” W
New record
Reserva do Cabaçal
55
15º04’48” S, 58º27’57” W
New record
Tangará da Serra
56
14°51’78” S, 57°50’11” W
New record
Acknowledgments. We are grateful to Edmar Pereira VictorJúnior, Kesley Lemes and Elias Castro Gonzaga for help during
the field work. Marcos André de Carvalho for access to material
on its care of the UFMT collection. Also thank Darlan Tavares
Feitosa for the pre-peer review, critically reading the manuscript,
and for confirming the identification of the species. CTE - Centro
Tecnológico de Engenharia was the company responsible by
biological studies in the basin Juba river in Tangará da Serra
municipality. And R. A. Kawashita-Ribeiro is grateful to the CNPq
(Edital MCT/CNPq/MEC/CAPES/FNDCT – Ação Transversal/
FAPs nº 40/2010 – SISBIOTA - Sistema Nacional
de Pesquisa em
2
Biodiversidade - BRASIL) (MCT/CNPq/MEC/CAPES/FNDCT
– Ação Transversal/FAPs Nº 47/2010 – Sistema Nacional de
Pesquisa em Biodiversidade - SISBIOTA BRASIL), the NIEFA
– Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos Faunísticos (FAPEMAT
processo 447441/2009) and the CAPES (Coordenação de
Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior).
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Appendix
Additional specimens examined.
Iphisa elegans: Mato Grosso: Apiacás – UFMT-R
9399, 7424; Araputanga – UFMT-R 2841, 6253, 6555;
Cláudia – UFMT-R 10063, 10073, 10086, 10090;
Colniza – UFMT-R 7804, 7842-7843, 7857-7858;
Comodoro – UFMT-R 9457, 9465, 9467, 9469, 9472,
9477, 9481- 9482, 9485, 9546, 9557, 9564; Cotriguaçu
– UFMT-R 8373; Jauru – UFMT-R 2839, 2842; Juara
– UFMT-R 6788; Nova Bandeirantes – UFMT-R 6787;
Reserva do Cabaçal – UFMT-R 2626-2627; Sapezal
– UFMT-R 7459, 7472, 7497, 7509, 7511; Vale de São
Domingos – UFMT-R 860, 865-870, 872, 876-877,
879-880, 882-884, 4131, 5092-5093, 5095, 5097-5102,
5104, 5278-5279, 5282-5288, 5290-5298, 5301-5306,
5309-5313, 5315-5319, 5322-5323, 5326-5333, 53795383, 5386-5387, 5389-5390, 5392-5393, 5395-5399,
5401-5403, 5406-5408, 6998-7000, 7002-7003, 70057006, 7008, 7010-7013, 7017, 7128-7131, 7133-7140,
7143.
Accepted by Philip de Pous