Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Brazil

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Larva
Other members of the genus Brachycephalus are direct developers (e.g., Alves et al 2009) and this species is presumed to be so as well.

Trends and Threats
The IUCN Red List 2008 assessment lists this species as Data Deficient; however, Bornschein et al (2019) analyzed the Brachycephalus species using the IUCN Red List criteria with newer locality information and concluded this species should be listed as Least Concern.

References

Alves, A. C. R., Sawaya, R. J., Reis, S. F., Haddad, C. F. B. (2009). “New species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic rain forest in São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil.” Journal of Herpetology, 43(2), 212–219. doi: 10.1670/0022-1511-43.2.212

Bornschein, M. R., Pie, M. R., Teixeira, L. (2019). "Conservation status of Brachycephalus toadlets (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest.” Diversity, 11(150), 1-29. doi: 10.3390/d11090150 [link]

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2022 Brachycephalus ferruginus <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6742> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 23, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 23 Nov 2024.

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