RESUMO
In the past decades, a large number of researchers have mapped the causes responsible for the decline of several amphibian species, a known global phenomenon since the early 1990s (Wake, 1991). Although habitat loss and overutilization have been pinpointed as the main motivators of Amphibians declines (e.g. Stuart et al., 2004; Becker et al., 2007; Eigenbrod et al., 2008; Harper et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2009), others biological and anthropic factors have directly impacted amphibian communities (see Alford and Richards, 1999; Young et al., 2001; Hayes et al., 2010). In a local-regional perspective, factors such as the use of road salt, catastrophic events, fires, among others, are responsible for population declines. Herein, we described an episode of anuran deaths caused by eletric discharge in a temporary pond.(AU)