Ololygon paulofreirei Roberto, Ávila, Lima, and Santos, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Genus: Ololygon > Species: Ololygon paulofreirei

Ololygon paulofreirei Roberto, Ávila, Lima, and Santos, 2025, Amphibia-Reptilia, 46: 493. Holotype: CHUFC-A-9670, an adult male from the local-ity of Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos, municipality of Recife, state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, 8°0′16.83′′S, 34°56′58.85′′W; 37.8 m a.s.l". ZooBank Publication registration: 13FA8089-A90A-4C92-9CB2-2EE449F5FD7F

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from three Atlantic Forest fragments in Pernambuco, Brazil: (1) Dois Irmãos State Park (Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos), municipality of Recife; (2) the municipality of Paudalho, located 18 km northwest of the type locality; and (3) the Serra da Camaratuba mountain range, in the municipality of Bezerros. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

The sister taxon of Ololygon skuki, within the Ololygon argyreornata group according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, advertisement call, molecular markers (16s mtDNA), and conservation concerns were detailed. 

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