Taxonavigation

Familia: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Brachycephalus
Species: Brachycephalus auroguttatus

Name

Brachycephalus auroguttatus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein, & Pie, 2015: 11, figs. 5, 6

• Type locality: BRAZIL: Pedra da Tartaruga (26°00′21″S, 48°55′25″W; 1,070 m a.s.l.), municipality of Garuva, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.

• Holotype: DZUP 375 (Fig. 5), adult male; 4 February 2012 by LFR, Marcelo Leandro Brotto and Lucas Mendes.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin aurum (“gold”) and gutta (“drop,” “spot,” “speck”), in reference to the golden spots found throughout the dorsum and sides 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. 11, figs. 5, 6]
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Brachycephalus auroguttatus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.