Phyllonastes macuma Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Holoadeninae > Genus: Phyllonastes > Species: Phyllonastes macuma

Phyllonastes macuma Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 203: 31. Holotype: QCAZ 40180, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador, Morona Santiago Province, Canton Macas, Macuma Parish, Cordillera del Kutuku, Wisiu (2.0901°S, 77.7661°W), 1361 m a.s.l." Zoobank Publication registration: 10ED7D3B-C7E9-4FA5-BD47-45D87308D3AA

Common Names

Macuma Leaflitter Frog (original publication). 

Cutín de Hojarasca de Macuma (original publication). 

Distribution

Surroundings of Macuma, Wisiu, from 650 to 1361 m elevation, at the base of Cordillera de Kutuku, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

Comparative morphology and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. 

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