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Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Leptodactylidae
Subfamilia: Leiuperinae
Genus: Physalaemus
Species: Physalaemus nanus
Name

Physalaemus nanus (Boulenger, 1888)

Type locality: "Lages, Santa Catharina", Brazil.

Syntypes: BM (2 specimens).
Synonyms

Eupemphix nana Boulenger, 1888
Physalaemus nana — Cochran, 1955
Physalaemus nanus — Bokermann, 1962

References

Boulenger, 1888, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 1: 187.
Bokermann, 1962, An. Acad. Brasil. Cienc., 34: 567.
Ceron, K. & Santana, D.J. 2017. The tadpole of Physalaemus nanus (Boulenger, 1888) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4277(2): 280–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.9. Reference page.

Links

Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Physalaemus nanus . Accessed on 04 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Physalaemus nanus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 04 June 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Santa Catharina Dwarf Frog

Physalaemus nanus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References

Débora Silvano, Paulo Garcia, Axel Kwet (2004). "Physalaemus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57266A11596909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57266A11596909.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021

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