Melanophryniscus biancae Bornschein, Baldo, Pie, Firkowski. Ribeiro, and Corrêa, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Melanophryniscus > Species: Melanophryniscus biancae

Melanophryniscus biancae Bornschein, Baldo, Pie, Firkowski. Ribeiro, and Corrêa in Bornschein, Firkowski, Baldo, Ribeiro, Belmonte-Lopes, Corrêa, Morato, and Pie, 2015, PLoS One, 10 (12): e0142791: 4. Holotype: DZUP 238, by original designation. Type locality: "Serra do Quiriri (26°01’42”S, 48° 57’54”W; 1,310 m a.s.l.), municipality of Garuva, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: 5876B4D8-4267-49C3-BF4C-7BA55A634816

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Serra do Quiriri, 1310 to 1465 m elevation) municipalities of Garuva and Campo Alegre in the state of Santa Catarina as well as Araçatuba, Tijucas do Sul, Paraná, Brazil at 1615–1645 m, southern Brazil. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Reported from Paraná, Brazil, by Nadaline, Ribeiro, Teixeira, Vannuchi, and Bornschein, 2015, Check List, 15: 821–826. 

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