Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Brachycephalus
Species: Brachycephalus verrucosus
Name
Brachycephalus verrucosus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein & Pie, 2015: 14, figs. 7, 8
- Type locality: BRAZIL: Morro da Tromba (26° 12′ 44″ S, 48° 57′ 29″ W; 900 m a.s.l.), municipality of Joinville, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.
- Holotype: MHNCI, 9819 (ex DZUP 161— Fig. 7), adult female; 25 January 2011, by MRB and SAAM.
- Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin verrucosus (“warty,” “rugged”) in reference to the highly rugose aspect of the dorsum of the body of the new species.
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. 14, figs. 7, 8]
- 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 verrucosus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.
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