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Leptodactylus myersi Heyer, 1995

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Leptodactylidae > Subfamily: Leptodactylinae > Genus: Leptodactylus

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Leptodactylus myersi Heyer, 1995, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 108: 712. Holotype: MZUSP 66089, by original designation. Type locality: "Brazil: Roraima; Mucajaí, 2° 25′ N, 60° 55′ W".

English Names

Myers' Thin-toed Frog (Heyer, 2005, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 37: 318).

Distribution

Rocky outcrop habitats in Guianan region of Brazil, Surinam, French Guiana; not registered yet in Guyana.

Comment

In the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group according to Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 246-247, who provided a photo and brief account for French Guiana. See account and revision by Heyer, 2005, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 37: 269-348. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 244-247.

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