Adelophryne maranguapensis
| Adelophryne maranguapensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Genus: | Adelophryne |
| Species: | A. maranguapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges & Cascon, 1994 | |
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Adelophryne maranguapensis is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to a mountain named as Serra de Maranguape, Ceará state, Northern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical humid forests and plantations in high altitudinal sites on the Serra de Maranguape. It is a bromeligen species and their eggs have direct development. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Silvano, D. & Borges-Nojosa, D. 2004. Adelophryne maranguapensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- Cassiano-Lima, D.; Borges-Nojosa, D. M.; Cascon, P & Cechin, S. Z. (2011). "The reproductive mode of Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges & Cascon, 1994 (Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) an endemic and threatened species from Atlantic Forests remnants in northern Brazil". North-Western Journal of Zoology 7 (1). Retrieved 15 March 2014.