Physalaemus angrensis Weber, Gonzaga, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2006

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Physalaemus > Species: Physalaemus angrensis

Physalaemus angrensis Weber, Gonzaga, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2006 "2005", Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 63: 678. Holotype: MNRJ 35066, by original designation. Type locality: "Municipality of Angra dos Reis, Ariró, right bank of the Florestão river (22° 55′ S, 44° 21′ W; near sea level)".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Municipality of Angra dos Reis, Ariró, right bank of the Florestão river, 22° 55′ S, 44° 21′ W, near sea level).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

In the Physalaemus signifer group according to the original publication, where the advertisement call and external morphology were described. Ruggeri, Ferreira, and Weber, 2011, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 6: 229–233, reported on larval morphology. Hepp and Pombal, 2020, Zootaxa, 4725: 1–106, discussed this species as part of a genus-wide discussion of bioacoustical traits among the species. 

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