Anomaloglossus megacephalus Kok, MacCulloch, Lathrop, Willaert, and Bossuyt, 2010
Anomaloglossus megacephalus Kok, MacCulloch, Lathrop, Willaert, and Bossuyt, 2010, Zootaxa, 2660: 20. Holotype: ISNB 1986, by original designation. Type locality: "eastern base of Mount Maringma, Cuyuni- Mazaruni District, Guyana (05° 12′ 37″ N, 060° 33′ 59″ W, 1060 m elevation)".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Currently only known from the eastern base of Maringma Tepui, Guyana, where it occurs at 1060 m elevation in low-canopy forest, and from the northeast plateau of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana at 1490 m elevation in dense low-canopy, high-tepui forest; possibly into adjacent Venezuela.
Comment
Confused with Anomaloglossus tepuyensis prior to its naming according to the original publication.
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