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Interpretation of text: New species of frog

activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth grade students, about a new species of frog. The endemic amphibian of the Atlantic Forest was named “cuca” (Dendrophryniscus cuca), in honor of Brazilian folklore.. Shall we know more about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!

You can download this Portuguese language activity in an editable Word template, ready to print to PDF and also the activity with answers.

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Read:

New species of frog is discovered in Serra da Mantiqueira

Registration was made in Minas Gerais; species was named “cuca” in honor of Brazilian folklore.

Researchers discovered a new species of frog on a bromeliad leaf during an expedition to a Private Reserve Natural Heritage Site (RPPN) Chapadão Serra Negra, near the municipality of Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde, in Minas Gerais (MG).

The endemic amphibian of the Atlantic Forest was named “cuca” (Dendrophryniscus cuca), in homage to Brazilian folklore. The amphibian measuring just two centimeters did not go unnoticed by researcher Matheus de Oliveira Neves.

He says that the first record took place about 10 years ago, when he was doing his master's degree at the Federal University of Viçosa, in Minas Gerais.

“Between 2013 and 2014, I was collecting in the region. There were several days of expedition along the Serra Negra in 14 different points. On the last day of collection, almost at the end of the field study, something caught my attention on a bromeliad leaf. It was a frog. I had never seen anything like it. Subsequently, all records of the Dendrophryniscus cuca were made in bromeliads”, he says.

The genus Dendrophryniscus is endemic to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. It does not occur in other countries. It occupies humid tropical forests and is associated with bromeliads.

Still according to the researcher, the cuca toad was only found in a high area of ​​waterfall. “To prove that it was a new species, we carried out a molecular analysis of the amphibian's DNA and we verified which morphological characteristics the species presents that separates it from the other species of the group”, highlights.

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Questions

Question 1 – What is the purpose of the text above?

( ) report a fact.

( ) promote a place.

( ) tell a story.

Question 2 – In the segment “[…] species was named ‘cuca’ in homage to Brazilian folklore.”, what species does the text refer to?

Question 3 – The excerpt “Researchers discovered a new species of frog on a bromeliad leaf during an expedition […]” is:

( ) a narration.

( ) a description.

( ) an argument.

Question 4 – According to the text, the discovered frog is endemic to the Atlantic Forest. What does that mean?

Question 5 – The new species of frog has been found:

( ) in Viçosa.

( ) in Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde.

( ) in another municipality in Minas Gerais.

Question 6 – In the "Posteriorly, all records of the Dendrophryniscus cuca were made in bromeliads’ […]”, the underlined word indicates:

( ) mode.

( ) time.

( ) intensity.

Question 7 – In the passage “Occupies humid tropical forests It is are associated with bromeliads.”, the highlighted word expresses:

( ) sum.

( ) contrast.

( ) alternation.

Question 8 – In "For To prove that it was a new species, we performed a molecular analysis of the amphibian’s DNA and verified which characteristics […]”, the underlined term:

( ) introduces a purpose.

( ) starts a comparison.

( ) announces a conclusion.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.


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