Cycloramphus lutzorum Heyer, 1983

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

Cycloramphus lutzorum Heyer, 1983, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 30: 309. Holotype: MZUSP 57805, by original designation. Type locality: "Brasil: São Paulo, about 11 km W of Iporanga on road to Apiaí".

English Names

Lutzs' Button Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 71).

Distribution

High-gradient streans in the Serra do Mar in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, and dubiously reported from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Comment

Lima, Garey, Noleto, and Verdade, 2010, J. Herpetol., 44: 360-371, reported on life history, advertisement call, karyotype, and larval morphology, and considered the Rio de Janeiro record to be dubious.

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