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Brachycephalus  Fitzinger, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208123

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Psyllophryne Izecksohn, 1971
  
    Ephippipher Cocteau, 1835
  
    Ephippifer Cocteau, 1835
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            SuperfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858  
                               FamilyBrachycephalidae Günther, 1858 – Shield Toads  
                                  GenusBrachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Brachycephalus actaeus Monteiro, Condez, Garcia, Comitti, Amaral and Haddad, 2018  
                                     Species Brachycephalus albolineatus Bornschein, Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley and Pie, 2016  
                                     Species Brachycephalus alipioi Pombal and Gasparini, 2006  
                                     Species Brachycephalus auroguttatus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein and Pie, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus boticario Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus brunneus Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad and Reis, 2005  
                                     Species Brachycephalus bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     Species Brachycephalus clarissae Folly, Vrcibradic, Siqueira, Rocha, Machado, Lopes and Pombal, 2022  
                                     Species Brachycephalus coloratus Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley, Pie and Bornschein, 2017  
                                     Species Brachycephalus crispus Condez, Clemente-Carvalho, Haddad and Reis, 2014  
                                     Species Brachycephalus curupira Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley, Pie and Bornschein, 2017  
                                     Species Brachycephalus dacnis Toledo, Botelho, Carrasco-Medina, Gray, Ernetti, Gama, Lyra, Blackburn, Nunes and Muscat, 2024  
                                     Species Brachycephalus darkside Guimarães, Luz, Rocha and Feio, 2017  
                                     Species Brachycephalus didactylus (Izecksohn, 1971)  
                                     Species Brachycephalus ephippium (Spix, 1824)  
                                     Species Brachycephalus ferruginus Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad and Reis, 2006  
                                     Species Brachycephalus fuscolineatus Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus garbeanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     Species Brachycephalus guarani Clemente-Carvalho, Giaretta, Condez, Haddad and Reis, 2012  
                                     Species Brachycephalus herculeus Folly, Condez, Vrcibradic, Rocha, Machado, Lopes and Pombal, 2024  
                                     Species Brachycephalus hermogenesi (Giaretta and Sawaya, 1998)  
                                     Species Brachycephalus ibitinga Condez, Monteiro, Malagoli, Trevine, Schunck, Garcia and Haddad, 2021  
                                     Species Brachycephalus izecksohni Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad and Reis, 2005  
                                     Species Brachycephalus leopardus Ribeiro, Firkowski and Pie, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus margaritatus Pombal and Izecksohn, 2011  
                                     Species Brachycephalus mariaeterezae Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro and Pie, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus mirissimus Pie, Ribeiro, Confetti, Nadaline and Bornschein, 2018  
                                     Species Brachycephalus nanicus Nunes, Lyra, Machado, Carrasco-Medina, Andrade, Haga, Botelho, Pedrozo, Velasco et al., 2025  
                                     Species Brachycephalus nodoterga Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     Species Brachycephalus olivaceus Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro and Pie, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus pernix Pombal, Wistuba and Bornschein, 1998  
                                     Species Brachycephalus pitanga Alves, Sawaya, Reis and Haddad, 2009  
                                     Species Brachycephalus pombali Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad and Reis, 2006  
                                     Species Brachycephalus pulex Napoli, Caramaschi, Cruz and Dias, 2011  
                                     Species Brachycephalus puri Almeida-Silva, Silva-Soares, Rodrigues and Verdade, 2021  
                                     Species Brachycephalus quiririensis Pie and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus rotenbergae Nunes, Guimarães, Moura, Pedrozo, Moroti, Castro, Stuginski and Muscat, 2021  
                                     Species Brachycephalus sulfuratus Condez, Monteiro, Comitti, Garcia, Amaral and Haddad, 2016  
                                     Species Brachycephalus tabuleiro Mângia, Santana, Drummond, Sabagh, Ugioni, Nogueira-Costa and Wachlevski, 2023  
                                     Species Brachycephalus toby Haddad, Alves, Clemente-Carvalho and Reis, 2010  
                                     Species Brachycephalus tridactylus Garey, Lima, Hartmann and Haddad, 2012  
                                     Species Brachycephalus verrucosus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein and Pie, 2015  
                                     Species Brachycephalus vertebralis Pombal, 2001  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Brachycephalus   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Brachycephalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Brachycephalus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
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  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
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