Luetkenotyphlus fredi Maciel, Castro, Sturaro, Silva, Ferreira, Santos, Risse-Quaioto, Barboza, Oliveira, Sampaio, and Schneider, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Siphonopidae > Genus: Luetkenotyphlus > Species: Luetkenotyphlus fredi

Luetkenotyphlus fredi Maciel, Castro, Sturaro, Silva, Ferreira, Santos, Risse-Quaioto, Barboza, Oliveira, Sampaio, and Schneider, 2019, Zool. Anz., 281: 79. Holotype: MPEG 41560, by original designation. Type locality: "Mata do Ouvidor, (N -20.94472 W -41.045157; 15 m), municipality of Itapemirim, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: 5D1F22BD-38AB-4E55-A6F6-D81A7F0C709B

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, in the southern municipalities of Itapemirim, Mimoso do Sul, and Atílio Vivacqua, and the central municipality of Santa Teresa. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

 Ramos, 2026, Herpetol. Bull., London, 175: 32–33, provided a new record from central Espiritu Santo (Vila Nova, Santa Teresa, 19° 56 ‘31.86’’ S, 40° 36’08.32’’ W; 669 m elevation), Brazil, a dot map of the distribution and comments about identification and morphology. 

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