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Brachycephalus herculeus Folly, Condez, Vrcibradic, Rocha, Machado, Lopes & Pombal, 2024
| family: Brachycephalidae
genus: Brachycephalus
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Species Description: Folly M, Condez TH, Vrcibradic D, Rocha CFD, Machado AS, Lopes LR, Pombal JP Jr. 2024. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the northern portion of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 1–21. |
Etymology: The species epithet, “herculeus,” refers to the Latin adjective meaning, “difficult or challenging,” referring to the species’ major task of surviving in the highly threatened biome of the Atlantic Forest (Folly et al. 2024). |
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