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Brachycephalus bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Brachycephalidae > Genus: Brachycephalus

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Brachycephalus ephippium var. bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 314. Syntypes: MZUSP 811 (2 specimens out of a lot of 6), by original designation; MZUSP 1459 (renumbered) designated lectotype by Pombal, 2010, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 526: 8. Type locality: "Serra de Macahé", Brazil. Given as "Serra de Macaé, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil, by Bokermann, 1966, Lista Anot. Local. Tipo Anf. Brasil.: 16.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Serra de Macaé, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Brachycephalus ephippium by Pombal, 2010, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 526: 8, where it had been placed by Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 5-7.

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