Amazophrynella moisesii Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Amazophrynella > Species: Amazophrynella moisesii

Amazophrynella moisesii Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018, PeerJ, 6(e4941): 36. Holotype: UFAC–RB 2815, by original designation. Type locality: "Serra do Divisor, Igarapé Ramon (7◦27′00′′S, 73◦45′00′′W), 400 m a.s.l., municipality of Mâncio Lima, Acre, Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: 1C6046BE-CFC4-4060-A1CA-0C9C9C1C7A0A

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Brazil in the states of Acre (municipalities of Cruzeiro do Sul, Mâncio Lima, Porto Walter and Tarauacá), Amazonas (municipality of Envira) and Peru in the Departments of Huanuco, Panguana, Rio Llullapichis, and Ucayali [see comment]). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil, Peru

Comment

 Crnobrna, Santa-Cruz Farfan, Gallegos, López-Rojas, Llanqui, Panduro Pisco, and Kelsen Arbaiza, 2023, Check List, 19: 437-438, provided a record of Amazophrynella cf. moisesii from Ucayali Department, central-eastern Peru.

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