Rupirana kaatinga Mângia, Amaral, Müller, and Santana, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Paratelmatobiinae > Genus: Rupirana > Species: Rupirana kaatinga

Rupirana kaatinga Mângia, Amaral, Müller, and Santana, 2025, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 74(24121): 5. Holotype: ZUFMS-AMP20347, by original designation. Type locality: "Cafundó, Gentio do Ouro municipality, Bahia state, Brazil (11°12’41.21’’ S, 42°35’16.96’’ W, 829 m a.s.l.)". No Zoobank registration so will take the date of "publication" from the date of distribution of paper copies to significant libraries.. 

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Serra do Assuruá (above 800 m elevation) in the municipality of Gentio do Ouro, Bahia state, Brazil. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Adult morphology, molecular markers, advertisement call, and natural history detailed in the original publication. 

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