Brachycephalus boticario

Brachycephalus boticario

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

Familia: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Brachycephalus
Species: Brachycephalus boticario

Name

Brachycephalus boticario Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes & Ribeiro, 2015: 26, figs. 14, 15

• Type locality: BRAZIL: Morro do Cachorro (26°46′42″S, 49°01′57″W; 795 m a.s.l.), on the border between the municipalities of Blumenau, Gaspar, and Luiz Alves, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.

• Holotype: DZUP 440 (Fig. 14), adult male; 29 October 2012 by MRP and LFR.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is a homage to the Fundação Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, which not only partially funded the fieldwork of this study, but also is a major contributor to conservation research in Brazil.

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. 26, figs. 14, 15]
• 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 boticario . Accessed on 6 June 2015.