Pristimantis fouqueti Mônico, Courtois, Koch, Blanc, Dewynter, and Kok, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Craugastoridae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis fouqueti

Pristimantis fouqueti Mônico, Courtois, Koch, Blanc, Dewynter, and Kok, 2025, Eur. J. Taxon., 1004: 273. Holotype: "FRENCH GUIANA . . . ; Régina municipality, Kaw Mountain, collected at Patawa camp; 4°32′48′′ N, 52°09′06′′ W; 233 m a.s.l.; datum WGS-84". ZooBank Publication registration: CB09B464-1A8D-4805-B7CB-859D78B11825

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Throughout French Guiana and is also present in northernmost Amapá in Brazil; likely in adjacent eastern Suriname. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil, French Guiana

Likely/Controversially Present: Suriname

Comment

In the Pristimantis lacrimosus group according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, molecular markers, advertisement call, and a dot distribution map were provided. Previously the species had been confused with Pristimantis zimmermanae.  Taucce, Costa-Campos, Carvalho, and Michalski, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 836: 96–130, reported on (as Pristimantis zimmermanae) distribution, literature, and conservation status for Amapá, Brazil. 

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