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Among the world's smallest vertebrates: a new miniaturized flea-toad (Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic rainforest.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2024
Toledo Luís Felipe, Botelho Lucas Machado, Carrasco-Medina Andres Santiago, Gray Jaimi A, Ernetti Julia R, Gama Joana Moura, Lyra Mariana Lucio, Blackburn David C, Nunes Ivan, Muscat Edelcio
Abstract excerpt
The genus Brachycephalus includes miniaturized toadlets with two distinct morphotypes: brightly colored species with a bufoniform phenotype and smaller, cryptic species with a leptodactyliform phenotype. The diversity of leptodactyliform species is still underappreciated, and we generally lack fundamental information about their biology. Recent sampling efforts, including DNA analyses and recordings of...
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