Synapturanus ajuricaba

Synapturanus ajuricaba is a species of microhylid frog. It is endemic to the state of Para in Brazil.^[1][2]

Synapturanus ajuricaba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Genus:	Synapturanus
Species:	S. ajuricaba
Binomial name
Synapturanus ajuricaba Fouquet, Leblanc, Fabre, Rodrigues, Menin, Courtois, Dewynter, Hölting, Ernst, Peloso, and Kok [fr], 2021[1]

Taxonomy

Synapturanus ajuricaba was described in 2021 by a team of researchers, including Raffael Ernst, a German herpetologist.^[1][2][3]

Description

Synapturanus ajuricaba has a snout-vent length of 29.3–37.3 mm. This makes it larger than S. rabus and S. salseri.^[1]

The species is found in the northern parts of the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.^[1]

References

1. Fouquet, Antoine; Leblanc, Killian; Fabre, Anne-Claire; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Menin, Marcelo; Courtois, Elodie A.; Dewynter, Maël; Hölting, Monique; Ernst, Raffael; Peloso, Pedro; Kok, Philippe J. R. (1 July 2021). "Comparative osteology of the fossorial frogs of the genus Synapturanus (Anura, Microhylidae) with the description of three new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield" (PDF). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 293: 46–73. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2021.05.003. S2CID 236599893.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Synapturanus ajuricaba Fouquet, Leblanc, Fabre, Rodrigues, Menin, Courtois, Dewynter, Hölting, Ernst, Peloso, and Kok, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. Magazine, Smithsonian; Kindy, David. "How the Newly Discovered, Mud-Loving 'Zombie' Frog Got Its Name". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 31 May 2022.