Cycloramphus lithomimeticus Silva and Ouvernay, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Cycloramphidae > Genus: Cycloramphus > Species: Cycloramphus lithomimeticus

Cycloramphus lithomimeticus Silva and Ouvernay, 2012, Zootaxa, 3407: 50. Holotype: MNRJ 80585, by original designation. Type locality: "Cachoeira de Itinguçu (also spelled Itingussu), Coroa Grande, Municipality of Itaguaí, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22°54′ 3.44″ S; 43°53′ 34.59″ W, near 160 m) collected upriver from the dam used by the State Water Company (CEDAE)".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

High gradient stream at the type locality (Cachoeira de Itinguçu, Coroa Grande, Municipality of Itaguaí, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, near 160 m)

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Cycloramphus granulosus group according to the original publication. Larval morphology, anatomy, and phylogenetics reported on by Dias, Vera Candioti, Sabbag, Colaço, Silva, Haddad, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Grant, 2021, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 59: 1297–1321.

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