Euparkerella cryptica Hepp, Carvalho-e-Silva, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Folly, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Holoadeninae > Genus: Euparkerella > Species: Euparkerella cryptica

Euparkerella cryptica Hepp, Carvalho-e-Silva, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Folly, 2015, Zootaxa, 3973: 255. Holotype: ZUFRJ 13281, by original designation. Type locality: "a rainforest fragment (22° 29′ 1.53″ S, 42° 15′ 11.82″ W; ca. 70 m above sea level) at Sítio Igarapê, municipality of Silva Jardim, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Zoobank publication registration: F47630C2-B5D2-4F00-A147-2288D2073A1B

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Sítio Igarapê, municipality of Silva Jardim, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ca. 70 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Most similar to Euparkerella cochranae and Euparkerella brasiliensis according to the original publication but differing from them in acoustic characteristics. 

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