Mussurana montana ( Franco et al., 1997 )

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Mussurana montana ( Franco et al., 1997)

Type locality. Sodré hydroelectric power plant, Guaratinguetá, state of São Paulo, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 315B ). Restricted to the central Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 315A ), mostly at high elevations ( Plt. 315B ). Observed in the field in forest ( Martins et al., 2008b; Hartmann et al., 2009).

Figures

Plate 315. Distribution map of Mussurana montana in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.