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Pie MR, Ribeiro LF. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil. PeerJ. 2015;3:e1179doi: 10.7717/peerj.1179.
Pie, M. R., & Ribeiro, L. F. (2015). A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil. PeerJ, 3e1179. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1179
Pie, Marcio R, and Ribeiro, Luiz F. "A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil." PeerJ vol. 3 (2015): e1179. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1179
Pie MR, Ribeiro LF. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil. PeerJ. 2015 Aug 13;3:e1179. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1179. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26339556; PMCID: PMC4558078.
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PeerJ. 2015 Aug 13;3:e1179. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1179. eCollection 2015.

A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil.

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Marcio R Pie, Luiz F Ribeiro

Affiliations

  1. Laboratório de Dinâmica Evolutiva e Sistemas Complexos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico , Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil ; Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais , Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil.
  2. Laboratório de Dinâmica Evolutiva e Sistemas Complexos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico , Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil ; Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais , Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil ; Faculdade Dom Bosco, Avenida Presidente Wenceslau Braz , Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil.

PMID: 26339556 PMCID: PMC4558078 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1179

Abstract

A new miniaturized toadled of the genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) is described from Serra do Quiriri in the municipality of Campo Alegre, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Specimens were collected from the leaf litter between from 1,263 and 1,318 m above sea level. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: snout-vent length 9.9-13.1 mm; skin on head and dorsum without dermal co-ossification; snout mucronate in dorsal view; dorsum rugose; general color brown, with a narrow orange vertebral stripe. The region where the new species is located is also shared with other endemic anuran species and has experienced strong anthropogenic impacts,suggesting that immediate actions should be taken to ensure their long-term preservation.

Keywords: Amphibia; Atlantic Rainforest; Cloud forest; Serra do Quiriri; Terrarana

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