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Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan, and Barrio-Amoros, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Eleutherodactylidae > Subfamily: Phyzelaphryninae > Genus: Adelophryne

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Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan, and Barrio-Amoros, 2008, Zootaxa, 1884: 37. Holotype: ROM 43034, by original designation. Type locality: "north slope of Mount Wokomung, Guyana, 05º 06´ 35N, 059º 49´ 15 W, 1234 m."

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Pakaraima Mountains in western Guyana, at ca. 1414 m elevation; likely also in adjacent Roraima state, Brazil

Comment

The species name is a noun in apposition according to the original publication. Lourenço-de-Moraes, Solé, and Toledo, 2012, Zootaxa, 3441: 64, provided a dot map of the range.

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