Fritziana mitus Walker, Wachlevski, Nogueira da Costa, Nogueira-Costa, Garcia, and Haddad, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hemiphractidae > Genus: Fritziana > Species: Fritziana mitus

Fritziana mitus Walker, Wachlevski, Nogueira da Costa, Nogueira-Costa, Garcia, and Haddad, 2018, Herpetologica, 74: 330. Holotype: CFBH 39949, by original designation. Type locality: "Atlantic Forest area in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (27°44′30″S, 48°48028″W; 420 m above sea level; datum . WGS84), municipality of Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina State, Brazil". 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Brazilian states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Adult and larval morphology and molecular markers were discussed in the original publication. Langone, 2019, Herpetol. Brasil., 8: 39–44, discussed the history of misidentification leading up to the nameing of this taxon. 

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