Effective acoustical monitoring tools for Mannophryne lamarcai

We performed the field-work during the dry (March 2014) and reainy season (May and June 2014) at the species type locality: Cerro Socopó, located at central-west region between Falcón, Lara and Zulia states, Venezuela.
Socopó is a small and isolated mountain (1.571 m) belonging to the Ziruma mountains, and represents a relict of tropical mountain forest surrounded by semi-arid vegetation and grassland. This area is home to 312 species of vertebrates, including endangered and endemic amphibians species like Mannophryne lamarcai, Leptodactylus magistris and Dendropsophus amicorum. These forest and species are severely threatened by cattle ranch and illegal timber extraction, with forest formations only above 1000 meters. Despite this, no legal protected figure has been established in the area. […]

本研究于2014年旱季（2014年3月）与雨季（2014年5月、6月），在物种模式产地（type locality）——委内瑞拉法尔孔州、拉腊州与苏利亚州交界的中西部区域索科波山（Cerro Socopó）开展野外考察工作。
索科波山隶属于希鲁马山脉（Ziruma mountains），是一座小型孤立山地，海拔1571米，其境内留存有热带山地森林残遗群落，被半干旱植被与草原环绕。该区域共分布有312种脊椎动物，其中包含濒危特有两栖类物种，例如曼氏攀蛙（Mannophryne lamarcai）、莱氏细趾蟾（Leptodactylus magistris）与友伴树蟾（Dendropsophus amicorum）。
这片森林群落及其栖息的物种正遭受畜牧放牧与非法木材采伐的严重威胁，该区域的森林群落仅分布于海拔1000米以上的区域。尽管如此，该区域尚未被纳入任何法定保护体系……