Brachycephalus fuscolineatus

Brachycephalus fuscolineatus

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 fuscolineatus

Name

Brachycephalus fuscolineatus Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes, R. & Ribeiro, 2015: 18, figs. 9, 10

• Type locality: BRAZIL: Morro do Baú (26°47′58″S, 48°55′47″W; 680 m a.s.l.), municipality of Ilhota, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.

• Holotype: DZUP 159 (Fig. 9), adult male; by MRB and RB-L on 23 October 2010.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin fuscus (“dark,” “swarthy,” “dark-skinned”) and lineatus (“of a line”), in reference to the characteristic dark stripe across the dorsum 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. 18, figs. 9, 10]
• 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 fuscolineatus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.