Synapturanus cf. mirandaribeiroi, Nelson & Lescure, 1975

Fouquet, Antoine, Vidal, Nicolas & Dewynter, Maël, 2019, The Amphibians of the Mitaraka massif, French Guiana, Zoosystema 41 (19), pp. 359-374 : 372

Synapturanus cf. mirandaribeiroi Nelson & Lescure, 1975

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TYPE LOCALITY. — Guyana, Rupununi District, upper Essequibo River, Kanashen.

DISTRIBUTION. — Northern Amazonia.

TAXONOMIC REMARKS. — Several populations have been identified as S. mirandaribeiroi but these identifications remain dubious and a revision of this genus is needed. The populations of the Mitaraka massif are also only tentatively assigned to this taxon. Other records of this genus in French Guiana correspond to a different species with clear differences in morphology and calls (pers. obs.).

HABITAT IN MITARAKA. — Patches of individuals of this species were found calling from underground after heavy rainfall in two places in the study area, in the forest surrounding a rocky outcrop and in a terra firme with sandy soil.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — La Planète Revisitée Guyane 2015, MNHN-PNI, APA973-1: AF2791 (♂); AF2844 (♂); AF2845 (♀) .

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FIG. 2. — Seven remarkable species found during the survey: A, Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868); B, Anomaloglossus mitaraka Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Deschamps, Ouboter, Jairam, Gaucher, Dubois & Kok, 2019; C, Chiasmocleis aff. haddadi Peloso, Sturaro, Forlani, Gaucher, Motta & Wheeler, 2014; D, Hyalinobatrachium kawense Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc & Ernst, 2011; E, Pristimantis aff. pluvialis Shepack, von May, Ttito & Catenazzi, 2016; F, Synapturanus cf. mirandaribeiroi Nelson & Lescure, 1975; G, Microcaecilia cf. rochai Maciel & Hoogmoed, 2011.