Brachycephalus verrucosus

Brachycephalus verrucosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

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.

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, 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 verrucosus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.

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