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Pumpkin Toadlet
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Pumpkin Toadlet

Brachycephalus ephippium

The pumpkin toadlet or Spix’s saddleback toad (Brachycephalus ephippium) is a species of frog in the Brachycephalidae family. It is endemic to montane regions of southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais states). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24492.