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New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

  • 1. Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Av. dos Estados, 5001, Santo André, 09210-580, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • 2. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Museu de História Natural do Sul do Estado do Espírito Santo, Jerônimo Monteiro, 29550- 000, Espírito Santo, Brazil. & Herpeto Capixaba, Enseada Azul, Guarapari, 29206-090, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
  • 3. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Caixa Postal 11461, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • 4. Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Av. dos Estados, 5001, Santo André, 09210-580, São Paulo, Brazil. & vanessa.verdade@ufabc.edu.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-0571

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Almeida-Silva, Diego, Silva-Soares, Thiago, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Verdade, Vanessa Kruth (2021): New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Zootaxa 5068 (4): 517-532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.3

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