Brachycephalus

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: B. actaeus – B. alipioi – B. albolineatus – B. atelopoide – B. auroguttatus – B. boticario – B. brunneus – B. bufonoides – B. coloratus – B. crispus – B. curupira – B. didactylus – B. ephippium – B. ferruginus – B. fuscolineatus – B. garbeanus – B. guarani – B. herculeus – B. hermogenesi – B. izecksohni – B. leopardus – B. margaritatus – B. mariaeterezae – B. nodoterga – B. olivaceus – B. pernix – B. pitanga – B. pombali – B. pulex – B. sulfuratus – B. toby – B. tridactylus – B. verrucosus – B. vertebralis

Name

Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826: 39

Type species: Bufo ephippium Spix, 1824

Synonyms

Ephippipher Cocteau, 1835
Ephippifer Agassiz, 1845
Psyllophryne Izecksohn, 1971

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1826: Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren Natürlichen Verwandtschaften nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologisch Museums zu Wien. Wien: J. G. Heubner.

Additional references

2011: Zootaxa, 2739: 33–40. Preview
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.
Condez, T.H., Monteiro, J.P. de C., Comitti, E.J., Garcia, P.C. de A., Amaral, I.B. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2016. A new species of flea-toad (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Zootaxa 4083(1): 40–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.1.2 Reference page.
Condez, T.H., Monteiro, J.P.C. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2017. Comments on the current taxonomy of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae). Zootaxa 4290(2): 395–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.12 Reference page.
Monteiro, J.P. de C., Condez, T.H., Garcia, P.C. de A., Comitti, E.J., Amaral, I.B. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2018. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Zootaxa 4407(4): 483–505. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.2 Reference page.
Monteiro, J.P. de C., Condez, T.H., Garcia, P.C. de A. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2018. The advertisement calls of two species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Zootaxa 4415(1): 183–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.10 . Reference page.
Ribeiro, L.F., Blackburn, D.C., Stanley, E.L., Pie, M.R. & Bornschein, M.R. 2017. Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. PeerJ 5: e3603. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3603 Reference page.
Pie, M.R., Ribeiro, L.F. & Bornschein, M.R. 2017. Is the taxonomy of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) in need of rescue? A reply to Condez et al. (2017). Zootaxa 4350(3): 587–589. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.11 Reference page.

Links

Amphibian Species of the World 6.0 Brachycephalus access date 06 June 2015

Vernacular names

English: Saddleback Toads
slovenčina: Krátkohlavovité