Adenomera kayapo Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo, Neckel-Oliveira, and Haddad, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leptodactylinae > Genus: Adenomera > Species: Adenomera kayapo

Adenomera kayapo Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo, Neckel-Oliveira, and Haddad, 2021, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 191: 411. Holotype: CFBH 43885, by original publication. Type locality: "BRAZIL, Pará, Palestina do Pará, 5.701950°S, 48.235240°W, 121 m". Zoobank publication registration: 66F0EFA1-25AF-46DE-A7EA-926909CE01EB

English Names

Kayapó Terrestrial Nest-building Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Xingu-Tocantins interfluve, comprising the type locality and some other localities on the west bank of the middle-lower Araguaia River in eastern Pará and north-eastern Mato Grosso, and single localities on the opposite bank of the river in northern Tocantins and on the east bank of the lower Xingu River, Brazil. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

External morphology and call, as well as molecular markers were discussed in the original publication. 

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