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A new species of flea-toad of the genus Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the cloud forests of Serra do Mar, southeastern Brazil
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Nunes, Ivan1
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Lyra, Mariana L.2
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Machado, Thaynara M.3
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Carrasco-Medina, Andres Santiago
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Andrade, Felipe Silva De4
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Haga, Isabelle Aquemi4
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Botelho, Lucas M.5
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Pedrozo, Mariana5
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Velasco, Isabel G.1
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Jacinavicius, Fernando De Castro6
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Gray, Jaimi A.7
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Blackburn, David C.8
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Kohlsdorf, Tiana4
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Muscat, Edélcio5
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Toledo, L. Felipe9
- 1. Laboratório de Herpetologia (LHERP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus do Litoral Paulista, Unesp, São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Unesp, Instituto de Biociências, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2. New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, United Arab Emirates; and CBioClima - Center for Research on Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate Change, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 3. Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Unicamp, Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 4. Laboratório de Evolução e Biologia Integrativa (LEBI), Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 5. Projeto Dacnis. Estrada do Rio Escuro, 4754, Sertão das Cotias, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 6. Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 7. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida US & High-Resolution X-Ray CT Facility, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
- 8. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida US.
- 9. Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Unicamp, Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Unicamp, Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Nunes, Ivan, Lyra, Mariana L., Machado, Thaynara M., Carrasco-Medina, Andres Santiago, Andrade, Felipe Silva De, Haga, Isabelle Aquemi, Botelho, Lucas M., Pedrozo, Mariana, Velasco, Isabel G., Jacinavicius, Fernando De Castro, Gray, Jaimi A., Blackburn, David C., Kohlsdorf, Tiana, Muscat, Edélcio, Toledo, L. Felipe (2025): A new species of flea-toad of the genus Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the cloud forests of Serra do Mar, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5691 (2): 231-256, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.3
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