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Steindachner's robber frog Ischnocnema guentheri, copyright Mario Sacramento.

Belongs within: Hyloidea.

The Brachycephalidae are a group of small, leaf-litter dwelling frogs found in southern Brazil (Frost et al. 2006).

Characters (from Frost et al. 2006): Distinguishable sternum absent through fusion; epicoracoid cartilages completely ossified with coracoids and clavicles; digits reduced; axillary amplexus; direct development with very large terrestrial eggs.

Brachycephalidae [Brachycephalina] FG06
|  i. s.: ‘Eleutherodactylus’ juipoca FG06
|--Phyllonastes Heyer 1977 FG06
|--Cornufer Tschudi 1838 [Cornuferinae] FG06
|--Brachycephalus Fitzinger 1826 FG06
|    `--B. ephippium FG06
`--Ischnocnema Reinhardt & Lütken 1862 PW11, FG06
|  i. s.: I. sanderi Padial, Reichle & De la Riva 2005 PRDR05
|         I. quixensis FG06
|--+--I. holti PW11
|  `--I. juipoca PW11
`--+--I. parva PW11
`--+--I. guentheri PW11
`--I. hoehnei PW11


[PRDR05] Padial, J. M., S. Reichle & I. De la Riva. 2005. Ischnocnema sanderi Padial, Reichle & De la Riva, 2005 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae): a nomenclatural note. Graellsia 61 (1): 143.

