Odontophrynus maisuma Rosset, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Odontophrynidae > Genus: Odontophrynus > Species: Odontophrynus maisuma

Odontophrynus maisuma Rosset, 2008, J. Herpetol., 42: 135. Holotype: ZVCB3368, by original designation. Type locality: "Cabo Polonio, 34°23′ S, 53°47′ W, Departamento de Rocha, Uruguay".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Coastal dune regions of southern Brazil from Santa Catarina to southern Uruguay (Carrasco).

Comment

In the Odontophrynus americanus group according to the original publication. Borteiro, Kolenc, Pereyra, Rosset, and Baldo, 2010, Zootaxa, 2611: 1-15, reported this species as diploid and also on its larval morphology and natural history. Kunz and Ghizoni, 2011, Check List, 7: 131-132, provided a locality for Santa Catarina and discussed the range. See account by Maneyro, Langone, and Carreira, 2019, in Maneyro, Langone, and Carreira (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Rept. Uruguay: 103–106, for Uruguay. 

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