Pseudopaludicola javae Silva, Andrade, Painkow, Dantas, Haga, and Garda, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leiuperinae > Genus: Pseudopaludicola > Species: Pseudopaludicola javae

Pseudopaludicola javae Silva, Andrade, Painkow, Dantas, Haga, and Garda, 2023, J. Herpetol., 57: 299. Holotype: CHUFPB31044, by original designation. Type locality: "Fazenda Escondida, -9.8844268, -49.7791398 (WGS84), 179 m a.s.l., Tocantins State, Marianópolis Municipality, Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: 336C8130-B10B-400E-8A23-124DD2A79CA8

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from western Tocantins state, from Marianopolis in the north to Cristalândia in the south, Brazil. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Comparative morphology, advertisement call, molecular markers, natural history, and evolutionary placement (the sister of Pseudopaludicola jazmynmcdonaldae + Pseudopaludicola mysticalis) detailed in the original publication. 

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