Pumpkin toadlet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pumpkin toadlet lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Brachycephalus ephippium
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Brachycephalidae

Where does the pumpkin toadlet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pumpkin toadlet in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Brazil. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the pumpkin toadlet endangered?

The pumpkin toadlet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pumpkin toadlet?

The pumpkin toadlet (Brachycephalus ephippium) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Brachycephalidae, genus Brachycephalus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pumpkin toadlet

The pumpkin toadlet (Brachycephalus ephippium), or Spix's saddleback toad, is a small and brightly coloured species of frog in the family Brachycephalidae. This diurnal species is endemic to southeastern Brazil where it is found among leaf litter on the floor of Atlantic rainforests at an altitude of 200–1,250 m (660–4,100 ft). It is found in Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern São Paulo and southeastern Minas Gerais. Although its type specimen supposedly was collected in Bahia about 200 years ago, there are no confirmed localities in this state and recent reviews consider it more likely that it was from Rio de Janeiro. B. ephippium is locally common, quite widespread compared to most other species of Brachycephalus and it is not considered threatened.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pumpkin toadlet (revision 1358352173), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1499291 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).