Amazophrynella teko 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 teko

Amazophrynella teko Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018, PeerJ, 6(e4941): 16. Holotype: MNHNP 2015.136, aby original designation. Type locality: "Alikéné (3°13′07′′N, 52°23′47′′W), 206 m a.s.l., district of Camopi, French Guiana". Zoobank publication registration: 1C6046BE-CFC4-4060-A1CA-0C9C9C1C7A0A

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

District of Saint Laurent du Marioni, Saint Georges and Camopi, French Guiana, and in the state of Amapá, Brazil and in the southern region of Suriname, 70 –350 melevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname

Comment

Menin, Dias-Souza, and Costa-Campos, 2020, Zootaxa, 4830: 592–596, reported on larval morphology. Taucce, Costa-Campos, Carvalho, and Michalski, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 836: 96–130, reported on distribution, literature, and conservation status for Amapá, Brazil. 

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