Microkayla melanocheira (De la Riva, Ríos, and Aparicio, 2016)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Holoadeninae > Genus: Microkayla > Species: Microkayla melanocheira

Psychrophrynella melanocheira De la Riva, Ríos, and Aparicio in De la Riva and Aparicio, 2016, Salamandra, 52: 286. Holotype: CBF 5789, by original designation. Type locality: "Valle de Cargatero, Province Franz Tamayo, Department La Paz, Bolivia, 14°54’5.9’’ S, 68°58’34.5’’ W, 3,664 m". ZooBank publication registration: 1AAD5F52-DBAE-4765-A6E9-2B9673970FDA

Microkayla melanocheira — De la Riva, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, and Padial, 2017 "2018", Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 182: 146. 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (alle de Cargatero, Province Franz Tamayo, Department La Paz, Bolivia, 3,664 m).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Bolivia

Endemic: Bolivia

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