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New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espirito Santo, Brazil

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Author(s):
Almeida-Silva, Diego [1] ; Silva-Soares, Thiago [2] ; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut [3] ; Verdade, Vanessa Kruth
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Av Estados 5001, BR-09210580 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Museu Hist Nat Estado Espirito Santo, BR-29550000 Espirito Santo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Caixa Postal 11461, BR-05422970 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 5068, n. 4, p. 517-532, NOV 18 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

We describe a new species of dull-colored flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus, from the Atlantic Forest of Caparao mountains in southeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by its diminutive size, ``leptodactyliform{''} body, brownish color with an inverted V-shaped dark mark on dorsum, skin smooth, hyperossification and dorsal shield absent, linea masculinea absent, Fingers I and IV vestigial, Toe I externally absent, Toe II reduced but functional, Toes III and IV with pointed tips, Toe V vestigial, and ventral color uniformly brown. It is a leaf litter dweller, known only from type locality in the humid forests on the eastern slopes of Parque Nacional do Caparao mountains, a protected area in the states of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the third flea-toad occurring in the state of Espirito Santo recovered as sister to all other Brachycephalus distributed from the state of Sao Paulo northward in the Atlantic Forest. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/50146-6 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians
Grantee:Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 01/05470-8 - Phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus Cycloramphus Tschudi, 1838 and Zachaenus Cope, 1866 (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Grantee:Vanessa Kruth Verdade
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 03/10335-8 - Systematics and evolution of the herpetological fauna from Neotropical areas
Grantee:Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants