Guimarães Carla Silva, Luz Sofia, Rocha Pedro Carvalho, Feio Renato Neves
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Vila Gianetti 32, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil..
Zootaxa. 2017 May 1;4258(4):327-344. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.4.2.
Brachycephalus is a frog genus endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and characterized by the bright yellow-orange aposematic colors and the high degree of miniaturization. Herein, we describe a new species of Brachycephalus from Serra do Brigadeiro, Municipality of Ervália, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Specimens were collected at high altitudes (i.e., 1266-1498 m above sea level) amidst the leaf litter. The new species is characterized by the presence of black connective tissue covering all dorsal muscles, body completely yellow-orange in life, presence of skull and post-cranial plates, large size (SVL of adults: 14.8-18.5 mm), bufoniform body, absence of metacarpal and metatarsal tubercles, and presence of harmonics in its advertisement call.
短头蟾属是巴西大西洋森林特有的蛙类属，其特征是具有亮黄橙色的警戒色以及高度的小型化。在此，我们描述了一种来自巴西东南部米纳斯吉拉斯州埃尔瓦利亚市布里盖罗山的新短头蟾物种。标本是在高海拔地区（即海拔1266 - 1498米）的落叶层中采集到的。该新物种的特征包括：存在覆盖所有背部肌肉的黑色结缔组织，活体时身体完全呈黄橙色，有头骨和颅后板，体型较大（成年个体的体长：14.8 - 18.5毫米），具有蟾蜍状身体，没有掌突和跖突，以及在其求偶鸣叫中有谐波。
