Paratelmatobius gaigeae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Cochran, 1938)

Holotype: USNM 96759, adult ♂, collected on 28 December 1931.
Type locality: “Bonito in the Serra da Bocaina, near the boundary between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo”, Brazil.

Paratelmatobius pictiventris Lutz in Lutz & Carvalho, 1958: 240 [synonymised by Bokermann (1966: 80)]
- Syntypes (n=2): USNM. [lost fide Pombal & Haddad (1999: 1020)]
- Type locality: “na Serra da Bocaina, fronteiriça ao Itatiaia, do outro lado do vale do rio Paraíba”.

Cochran, D.M. 1938. Diagnoses of new frogs from Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 41–42. BHL
Lutz, B. & Carvalho, A.L. 1958. Novos anfíbios anuros das Serras Costeiras do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 56: 239–249.
Pombal Jr., J.P. & Haddad, C.F.B. 1999. Frogs of the Genus Paratelmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species. Copeia 1999(4): 1014–1026. DOI: 10.2307/1447976 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group & Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna. 2023. IUCN: Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T16190A87533857. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T16190A87533857.en. Accessed on 17 September 2025.