Amazophrynella xinguensis Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Amazophrynella > Species: Amazophrynella xinguensis

Amazophrynella xinguensis Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018, PeerJ, 6(e4941): 33. Holotype: INPA–H 35471, by original designation. Type locality: "Sustainable Development Project (PDS) Virola Jatobá (3◦10′06′′S, 51◦17′54.2′′W), 86ma.s.l., municipality of Anapú, state of Pará, Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: 1C6046BE-CFC4-4060-A1CA-0C9C9C1C7A0A

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

State of Pará, Brazil, at three localities: PDS Virola Jatoba, municipality of Anapú, Fazenda Paraiso, municipality of Senador José Porfirio (right bank of Xingu River) and Ramal dos Cocos, municipality of Altamira (left bank of Xingu River), all of them in area of influence of the Belo Monte dam, at 86–106 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

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