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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
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 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:  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus actaeus Monteiro, Condez, Garcia, Comitti, Amaral and Haddad, 2018  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus albolineatus Bornschein, Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley and Pie, 2016  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus alipioi Pombal and Gasparini, 2006  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus atelopoide Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus auroguttatus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein and Pie, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus boticario Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus brunneus Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad and Reis, 2005  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus coloratus Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley, Pie and Bornschein, 2017  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus crispus Condez, Clemente-Carvalho, Haddad and Reis, 2014  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus curupira Ribeiro, Blackburn, Stanley, Pie and Bornschein, 2017  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus darkside Guimarães, Luz, Rocha and Feio, 2017  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus didactylus (Izecksohn, 1971)  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus ephippium (Spix, 1824)  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus ferruginus Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad and Reis, 2006  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus fuscolineatus Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus garbeanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus guarani Clemente-Carvalho, Giaretta, Condez, Haddad and Reis, 2012  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus hermogenesi (Giaretta and Sawaya, 1998)  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus izecksohni Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad and Reis, 2005  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus leopardus Ribeiro, Firkowski and Pie, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus margaritatus Pombal and Izecksohn, 2011  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus mariaeterezae Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro and Pie, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus mirissimus Pie, Ribeiro, Confetti, Nadaline and Bornschein, 2018  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus nodoterga Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus olivaceus Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro and Pie, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus pernix Pombal, Wistuba and Bornschein, 1998  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus pitanga Alves, Sawaya, Reis and Haddad, 2009  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus pombali Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad and Reis, 2006  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus pulex Napoli, Caramaschi, Cruz and Dias, 2011  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus quiririensis Pie and Ribeiro, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus sulfuratus Condez, Monteiro, Comitti, Garcia, Amaral and Haddad, 2016  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus toby Haddad, Alves, Clemente-Carvalho and Reis, 2010  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus tridactylus Garey, Lima, Hartmann and Haddad, 2012  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus verrucosus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein and Pie, 2015  
                                     SpeciesBrachycephalus vertebralis Pombal, 2001  
       

 References
       
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  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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  Reference for: Brachycephalus   
       

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