Combining citizen science, phylogenetics, and bioacoustics to inform taxonomy and conservation of the Near Threatened (Anura, Odontophrynidae).

Herein, basel on novel data gathered by citizens scientists and specialists, we contribute to the improvement of scientific knowledge and conservation of the Near Threatened in order to: 1) test for the first time the phylogenetic position and a species delimitation of through a molecular approach; 2) describe a larger sample of its advertisement call to properly encompass the species intraspecific variation; 3) describe for the first time the release call; and 4) provide novel insights on the species conservation status. Our 16S tree confidently grouped with , , and . The average sequence divergence between and its congeners ranged from 2.

Exposing illegal hunting and wildlife depletion in the world's largest tropical country through social media data.

Globally, illegal sport hunting can threaten prey populations when unregulated. Due to its covert nature, illegal sport hunting poses challenges for data collection, hindering efforts to understand the full extent of its impacts. We gathered social media data to analyze patterns of illegal sport hunting and wildlife depletion across Brazil.

A new species of Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Odontophrynidae) from Southern Amazonia, Brazil.

Based on concordant differences in morphology, male advertisement call, and 16S mtDNA barcode distance, we describe a new species of from southern Amazonia, in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. The new species is most similar to and but differs from these species by its proportionally larger eyes and features of the advertisement call. Additionally, genetic distance between the new species and its congeners is 3.

A new tiny toad species of (Anura: Bufonidae) from east of the Guiana Shield in Amazonia, Brazil.

The combination of different approaches has successfully delimited new species within many Neotropical species complexes traditionally classified as a single nominal organism. Recent studies have shown that the Amazonian endemic genus , currently composed of 12 small-sized species, could harbor several additional species. Based on morphology and molecular data, we describe a new species of from east of the Guiana Shield, in Pará state, Brazil.