Brachycephalus leopardus

Brachycephalus leopardus

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: Brachycephalus leopardus

Name

Brachycephalus leopardus Ribeiro, Firkowski & Pie, 2015: 22, figs. 11-13

• Type locality: BRAZIL: Serra do Araçatuba (25°54′07″S, 48°59′47″W; 1,640 m a.s.l.), municipality of Tijucas do Sul, state of Paraná, southern Brazil.

• Holotype: DZUP 490 (Fig. 11), adult male; 06 January 2006 by Marcelo Leandro Brotto and LFR.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin leopardus and refers to the spotted pattern reminiscent of the coloration of the felid genus Leopardus.

References

• 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.  [original description: p. 22, figs. 11-13]
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Brachycephalus leopardus . Accessed on 6 June 2015.