Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Phrynomedusa fimbriata Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 1: 4. Holotype: MZUSP 316, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 161. Type locality: "Alto da Serra", Paranapiacaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

Phyllomedusa fimbriata — Funkhouser, 1957, Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 5: 28.

Phrynomedusa fimbriata — Cruz, 1991 "1990", Rev. Brasil. Biol., 50: 721.

English Names

Spiny-knee Leaf Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).

Distribution

Serra do Mar from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, southeastern Brazil.

Comment

See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 137, who regarded the species as extinct.

External Links

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• To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
• For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
• For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
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