The Amphibians of the Mitaraka massif, French Guiana
Author
Fouquet, Antoine
Author
Vidal, Nicolas
Author
Dewynter, Maël
text
Zoosystema
2019
2019-09-10
41
19
359
374
journal article
10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a19
6f2821f1-571e-4048-9b33-a1978632386f
1638-9387
3724809
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9BD3D52A-809C-4373-B313-36723735B794
Anomaloglossus mitaraka
Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Deschamps, Ouboter, Jairam, Gaucher, Dubois & Kok, 2019
(
Fig. 2B
)
TYPE
LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Mitaraka massif.
DISTRIBUTION. — This species is only known from the Mitaraka massif and its vicinity in Suriname.
TAXONOMIC REMARKS. — This species is distinguished morphologically and acoustically from the closely related
A. baeobatrachus
(Boistel & Massary, 1999)
also occurring in the Mitaraka massif, and has a different larval development mode (
Vacher
et al.
2017
,
Fouquet
et al.
2019a
, b).
HABITAT IN MITARAKA. — It is associated with swampy streams where it deposits its tadpoles. Males were heard conspicuously calling from the surroundings of these swampy streams throughout the study area.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — La Planète Revisitée
Guyane
2015, MNHN-PNI,
APA973
-1:
AF2724
(MNHN-RA-
2018-71
♂);
AF2731
(MNHN-RA-
2018-72
♂);
AF2732
(MNHN-RA-
2018-65
(
♂
);
AF2748
(
♂
);
AF2750
(MNHN-RA-
2018-66
♂);
AF2751
(
MNHN-RA-
2018-67
♂);
AF2754
(MNHN-RA-
2018-68
♂);
AF2808
(MNHN-RA-
2018-69
♂);
AF2814
(MNHN-RA-
2018-64
♂);
AF2824
(MNHN-RA-
2018-73
♂);
AF2875
(T);
AF2878
(MNHN-RA-
2018-70
♂).
MALE CALL. — MNHN-SO-2019-15 (
AF2732
, MNHN-RA-
2018-65
)
.