Brachycephalus puri Almeida-Silva, Silva-Soares, Rodrigues, and Verdade, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Brachycephalidae > Genus: Brachycephalus > Species: Brachycephalus puri

Brachycephalus puri Almeida-Silva, Silva-Soares, Rodrigues, and Verdade, 2021, Zootaxa, 5068: 520. Holotype: MZUSP 135709, by original designation. Type locality: "Córrego do Calçado (20°28’00” S, 41°44’03” W, Datum WGS 84; 1140 m elevation;. . . . Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Patrimônio Santa Marta, municipality of Ibitirama, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil." Zoobank publication registration: 2CCF622B-005C-48DF-A1A4-41F81BD66177

English Names

Caparaó Flea-toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Eastern portion of the Parque Nacional do Caparaó, being currently known only for the type locality, the surroundings of Córrego do Calçado, municipality of Ibitirama, in the western part of State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, ca. 1200 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

Molecular markers and phenotypic comparison with close relatives provided in the original publication. 

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