Taxonavigation

Familia: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Brachycephalus
Species: Brachycephalus mariaeterezae

Name

Brachycephalus mariaeterezae Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Pie, 2015: 4, figs. 1, 2

• Type locality: BRAZIL: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Caetezal, top of the Serra Queimada (26°06′51″S, 49°03′45″W; 1,270 m a.s.l.), municipality of Joinville, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.

• Holotype: MHNCI 9811 (ex DZUP 168).

• Etymology: The specific epithet honors Maria Tereza Jorge Pádua, tireless environmentalist responsible for the implementation of many conservation initiatives in Brazil.

References

• 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. 4, figs. 1, 2]
• 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 mariaeterezae . Accessed on 6 June 2015.