Synapturanus artifex Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Otophryninae > Genus: Synapturanus > Species: Synapturanus artifex

Synapturanus artifex Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023, Zootaxa, 5258: 163. Holotype: SINCHI-A 6632, by original designation. Type locality: "Departamento Amazonas, “area no municipalizada” La Chorrera, cabildo indígena Okaina, Comunidad de Puerto Oriente, Colombia (01°31′43.7″ S, 72°40′38.5″ W), 134 m." Zoobank publication registration: 33F922CD-6372-427A-912E-DC3CF4641F8D

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (La Chorrera, cabildo indígena Okaina, Comunidad de Puerto Oriente, Departamento Amazonas, Colombia, 134 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

Comparative larval and adult morphology molecular markers, and advertisement call discussed in the original publication. 

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