Paratelmatobius lutzii Lutz and Carvalho, 1958

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Paratelmatobiinae > Genus: Paratelmatobius > Species: Paratelmatobius lutzii

Paratelmatobius lutzii Lutz and Carvalho, 1958, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 56: 241. Holotype: MNRJ 2180, by original designation. Type locality: "Brejo da Lapa, Alto Itatiaia, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, lat. 22° 24′ 48″ S. long, 44° 55′ 00″ W. Greenwich, alt. 2.100 m.", Brazil. Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 80, noted that the types were obtained "entre 9 e 11 da estrada de rodagem que vai ter as Agulhas Negras, a cerca de 2.200 metros de altitude".

English Names

Lutz's Rapids Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 82).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the Alto do Itatiaia, in the Serra da Mantiqueira, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. See comment. 

Comment

 Pombal and Haddad, 1999, Copeia, 1999: 1014–1026, noted that this species has not been seen since 1978, 

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