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Issue: Vol. 2739 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2739.1.3
Page range: 33–40
Abstract views: 89
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus Fitzinger (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephalidae), from the Atlantic rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Associate Researcher, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Ilhéus–Itabuna, km 16, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Amphibia Brachycephalus pulex sp. nov. B. didactylus B. hermogenesi Psyllophryne

Abstract

We describe a new species of flea-toad related to Brachycephalus didactylus and B. hermogenesi from the Serra Bonita mountain, an Atlantic rainforest remnant in the Municipality of Camacan, State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, constituting the northernmost record of the genus. Brachycephalus pulex sp. nov. is mainly diagnosed by the toe II externally absent, the toe V vestigial, fingers I and IV externally absent, and an inverted depigmented v-shaped mark on chest bordered above by a dark brown stripe on each side.

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