Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Brachycephalidae > Brachycephalus > Brachycephalus ephippium

Brachycephalus ephippium (gold frog)

Synonyms: Brachycephalus aurantiacus; Bufo ephippium; Ephippipher aurantiacus; Ephippipher spixii

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Brachycephalus ephippium

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.48
EDGE Score: 2.6
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  15 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.776 inches (1.97 cm)

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Predators

Penelope superciliaris (Rusty-margined Guan)[2]
Tinamus solitarius (Solitary Tinamou)[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0