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Brachycephalus pernix

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Brachycephalus pernix

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Also known as Shield toad

species of amphibian

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Brachycephalus pernix is indexed among the 9,479 entries in Vinony's Critically Endangered Species collection.

Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Brachycephalus pernix, and connects out to Brachycephalus, Animalia and Anura.

It sits within the topics Amphibians described in 1998, Amphibians of the Atlantic Forest and Brachycephalus.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Critically Endangered

Morro Anhangava Flea Toad

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyBrachycephalidae
Observations2
Observations recorded30

Diagnosis A small-sized species of Brachycephalus (snout-vent length males 12.0-13.3 mm; females 14. and orange on the dorsum (in preservative, or ange parts are pale cream), absence of dermal ossification dorsal to the vertebrae, and absence of external trace of fifth toe. The pectoral girdle is completely ossified; the epicoracoids are closely juxtaposed and articulating throughout their lengths, and an omosternum and sternum are absent. The phalangeal formulae in the hands is 1-2-3-1, and in the feet is 1-2-3-4-0.

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Brachycephalus
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Critically Endangered
taxon name
Brachycephalus pernix
taxon common name
Shield toad
taxon range
Brazil
short name
B. pernix
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