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Synapturanus

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| image = Synapturanus danta.png

| taxon = Synapturanus

| authority = A. L. Carvalho, 1954

| type_species = Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi

| type_species_authority = Nelson and {{interlanguage link|Jean Lescure (biologist)|fr|Jean Lescure (biologiste)|lt=Lescure}}, 1975

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 7 species (see text)

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Synapturanus is a genus of microhylid frogs. They are found in northern South America. Common name disc frogs has been coined for the genus. Because of their fossorial life style, their natural history is poorly known.

Ecology and behavior

Synapturanus are fossorial and mostly nocturnal tropical rainforest frogs found in the leaf litter and soft soils. Calling takes place usually during rain, which apparently triggers the calling. Eggs are deposited terrestrially in a small burrow below the soil surface. The tadpoles are endotrophic (developing without external food sources). Stomach contents have included nematodes and various arthropods (ants, termites, and spiders).

Description

Females are larger than males. Breeding males have a glandular swelling on the wrist. Males and females are otherwise similar. The largest species is Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi, which reaches a snout–vent length of at least {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}}.

Species

This genus has ten recognized species:{{cite web |last1=Frost |first1=Darrel |title=Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Otophryninae/Synapturanus |access-date=15 August 2023}}

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|Synapturanus ajuricaba {{small|Fouquet, Leblanc, Fabre, Rodrigues, Menin, Courtois, Dewynter, Hölting, Ernst, Peloso, and Kok, 2021}}

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|Synapturanus artifex {{small|Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023}}

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|Synapturanus danta {{small|Chávez, Thompson, Sánchez, Chávez-Arribasplata and Catenazzi, 2022}}

Tapir frog

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|Synapturanus latebrosus {{small|Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023}}

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|Synapturanus mesomorphus {{small|Fouquet, Leblanc, Fabre, Rodrigues, Menin, Courtois, Dewynter, Hölting, Ernst, Peloso, and Kok, 2021}}

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| Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi {{small|Nelson and Lescure, 1975}}

Miranda's disc frog
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| Synapturanus rabus {{small|Pyburn, 1977}}

Vaupes disc frog
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|Synapturanus sacratus {{small|Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023}}

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| Synapturanus salseri {{small|Pyburn, 1975}}

Timbo disc frog
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|Synapturanus zombie {{small|Fouquet, Leblanc, Fabre, Rodrigues, Menin, Courtois, Dewynter, Hölting, Ernst, Peloso, and Kok, 2021}}

Zombie frog

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References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Microhylidae.shtml|title=Microhylidae |year=2017 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=6 November 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Otophryninae/Synapturanus |title=Synapturanus Carvalho, 1954 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=13 July 2021}}

{{cite book |last1=Kok |first1= P. J. R.|last2=Kalamandeen |first2=M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title=Introduction to the Taxonomy of the Amphibians of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana |series=Abc Taxa: A Series of Manuals Dedicated to Capacity Building in Taxonomy and Collection Management |volume=5 |publisher=Belgian Development Corporation |location=Brussels, Belgium |pages=230–231 |url=http://www.abctaxa.be/volumes/volume-5-introduction-taxonomy-amphibians }}

{{cite journal |last1=Nelson |first1=Craig E. |last2=Lescure |first2=Jean |title=The taxonomy and distribution of Myersiella and Synapturanus (Anura: Microhylidae) |journal=Herpetologica |date=1975 |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=389–39 7|jstor=3891525}}

{{cite journal |last1=Pyburn |first1=William F. |title=A new species of microhylid frog of the genus Synapturanus from southeastern Colombia |journal=Herpetologica |date=1975 |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=439–443 |jstor=3891537}}

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Category:Microhylidae

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by Antenor Leitão de Carvalho

Category:Amphibians of South America

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