“…The species of Brachycephalus have been recently divided into three species groups (Ribeiro et al, 2015): ephippium (Spix, 1824), didactylus (Izecksohn, 1971), and pernix
Pombal Jr, Wistuba & Bornschein, 1998. The latter included the species of Brachycephalus that shared their bufoniform body shape with the ephippium group, but lacked their characteristic dermal ossification, namely B. pernix
Pombal Jr, Wistuba & Bornschein, 1998, B. brunneus Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad & Reis, 2005, B. izecksohni Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad & Reis, 2005, B. ferruginus Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad & Reis, 2006, B. pombali Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad & Reis, 2006, B. tridactylus Garey, Lima, Hartmann & Haddad, 2012, B. auroguttatus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein & Pie, 2015, B. boticario Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes & Ribeiro, 2015, B. fuscolineatus Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes & Ribeiro, 2015, B. leopardus Ribeiro, Firkowski & Pie, 2015, B. mariaeterezae Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Pie, 2015, B. olivaceus Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Pie, 2015, B. quiririensis
Pie & Ribeiro, 2015, and B. verrucosus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein & Pie, 2015 (Pie & Ribeiro, 2015; Ribeiro et al, 2015), for a total of 14 described species.…”