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Introduction xiii 



Class Amphibia 



Order Salientia 



Suborder Procoela 



Family Brachycephalidae 



Genus Atelopus Dum6ril and Bibron 2 



Atelopus moreirae moreirae Miranda-Ribeiro .... 2 



Genus Brachycephalus Fitzinger 4 



Brachyeephalus ephippium (Spix) 5 



Genus Dendrobates Wagler 8 



Dendrobates flavopictus (A, Lutz) 8 



Genus Dendrophryniscus Espada 10 



Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus Espada 10 



Genus Noblella Barbour 12 



Noblella brasilienais (Parker) 13 



Genus Phyllobates Dum^ril and Bibron 14 



Phyllobates brunneus (Cope) 14 



Family Bufonidae 17 



Genus Bufo Laurenti 17 



Bufo crucifer Wied 18 



Bufo granulosus granulosus Spix 22 



Bufo granulosus d'orbignyi Dum^ril and Bibron ... 25 



Bufo tctericus ictericus Spix 26 



Bufo ocellatus Giinther 30 



Bufo paraenemis A. Lutz 32 



Bufo rufus Garman 36 



Bufo typhonius (Linnaeus) 39 



Family Centrolenidae 43 



Family Hylidae 44 



Subfamily Hylinae 44 



Genus Amphodus Peters 45 



Amphodus piper atus (Miranda-Ribeiro) 45 



Genus Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro 45 



Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro 46 



Genus Gastrotheca Fitzinger 49 



Gastrotheca ernestoi Miranda-Ribeiro 50 



Gastrotheca microdisca (Andersson) 50 



Gastrotheca viridis Lutz and Lutz 52 



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