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Brachycephalus pulex Napoli, Caramaschi, Cruz, and Dias, 2011

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

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Brachycephalus pulex Napoli, Caramaschi, Cruz, and Dias, 2011, Zootaxa, 2739: 34. Holotype: MNRJ 69646, by original designation. Type locality: "Serra Bonita mountain (15° 23′ S, 39° 33′ W, 830 m above sea level), Municipality of Camacan, State of Bahia, Brazil".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, a forest remnant located in a mountain range regionally named Serra Bonita, with elevations ranging from 200 to 950 m, from evergreen forest with elements of moist lowland semi-deciduous forest, to moist submontane forest near the summits. The Serra Bonita mountain range lies in the municipalities of Camacan and Pau Brasil, in the State of Bahia, Brazil.

Comment

Most closely related to Brachycephalus didactylus and Brachycephalus hermogenesi according to the original publication.

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