Bamboo Traps As Refugia for Pristimantis Olivaceus (anura: Craugastoridae) and As Breeding Site for Osteocephalus Castaneicola (anura: Hylidae)

Ecological and reproductive information on tropical amphibians remains sparse; particularly with respect to the use of phytotelm breeding sites (von May et al. 2009). Phytotelmatas, such as leaf axils, bromeliads, brazil-nut husks, tree cavities, and bamboo internodes are important breeding sites for several amphibians throughout the tropics (Caldwell 1993, Moravec et al. 2009). Bamboo internodes are one of the least documented of these, known only to be utilized in the Neotropics by Ranitomeya sirensis, Fritziana ohausi, Nyctimantis rugiceps, and Aparasphenodon pomba (Duellman and Grey 1983, Lehtinen et al. 2004, Waldram 2008, Assis et al. 2013). Here we provide new information about the use of bamboo internodes by Pristimantis olivaceus (Kohler, Morales, Lotters, Reichle, and Aparicio, 1998) and Osteocephalus castaneicola (Moravec, Aparicio, Guerrero-