Phantasmarana jordanensis explained

Phantasmarana jordanensis is a species of frog in the family Hylodidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and only known from its type locality, Campos do Jordão in the São Paulo state.[1] Its natural habitat is forest at 1700m (5,600feet) asl.

Tadpoles are large, measuring up to 107mm in total length, of which the tail makes about two thirds.[2]

It was formerly placed in the genus Megaelosia, but was reclassified to Phantasmarana in 2021.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megaelosia jordanensis (Heyer, 1983) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2015 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 29 April 2015.
  2. Nogueira-Costa, P. . P. Almeida-Santos . C. A. G. Cruz . U. Caramaschi . amp . 2012 . The giant tadpoles of Megaelosia jordanensis (Heyer, 1983) . Zootaxa . 3581 . 86–88 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3581.1.4 .
  3. Web site: Phantasmarana jordanensis (Heyer, 1983) . Amphibian Species of the World . 2022-09-11.
  4. Web site: Vittorazzi, S. E. . G. Augusto-Alves . D. Neves-da-Silva . A. M. P. T. de Carvalho-e-Silva . S. M. Recco-Pimentel . L. F. Toledo . L. B. Lourenço . D. P. Bruschi . 2021 . Paraphyly in the giant torrent-frogs (Anura: Hylodidae: Megaelosia) and the description of a new genus. . 2022-09-11 . www.salamandra-journal.com.

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