Saddleback toad

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? Saddleback toads
Image:Brachycephalus ephippium.jpg Spix’s Saddleback Toad, Brachycephalus ephippium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Suborder: Neobatrachia Family: Brachycephalidae Günther, 1858 Genus: Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826
Species
Brachycephalus didactylus Brachycephalus ephippium Brachycephalus hermogenesi Brachycephalus nodoterga Brachycephalus pernix Brachycephalus vertebralis

The saddleback toads are a family (Brachycephalidae) in the order Anura. The family consist of just one genus, Brachycephalus, which consists of six species. These frogs live in southeastern Brazil.

Scientific classification

• Izecksohn’s Toad, Brachycephalus didactylus (Izecksohn, 1971).
• Spix’s Saddleback Toad, Brachycephalus ephippium (Spix, 1824).
• Brachycephalus hermogenesi (Giaretta et Sawaya, 1998).
• Serra Cantareira Saddleback Toad, Brachycephalus nodoterga Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920.
• Brachycephalus pernix Pombal, Wistuba, et Bornschein, 1998.
• Brachycephalus vertebralis Pombal, 2001.