Brachycephalus leopardus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Brachycephalus leopardus Ribeiro, Firkowski & Pie, 2015: 22, figs. 11-13

Type locality: BRAZIL: Serra do Araçatuba (25°54′07″S, 48°59′47″W; 1,640 m a.s.l.), municipality of Tijucas do Sul, state of Paraná, southern Brazil.

Holotype: DZUP 490 (Fig. 11), adult male; 06 January 2006 by Marcelo Leandro Brotto and LFR.

Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin leopardus and refers to the spotted pattern reminiscent of the coloration of the felid genus Leopardus.

Ribeiro, L.F., Bornschein, M.R., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Firkowski, C.R., Morato, S.A.A. & Pie, M.R. 2015. Seven new microendemic species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Brazil. PeerJ 3: e1011 (1–35). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1011 Reference page. [original description: p. 22, figs. 11-13]
Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Brachycephalus leopardus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.

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