A peer-reviewed version of this preprint was published in PeerJ on 20 July 2018. View the peer-reviewed version (peerj.com/articles/5273), which is the preferred citable publication unless you specifically need to cite this preprint. Bornschein MR, Ribeiro LF, Rollo MM Jr, Confetti AE, Pie MR. 2018. Advertisement call of Brachycephalus albolineatus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) PeerJ 6:e5273 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5273 Manuscript to be reviewed Advertisement call of Brachycephalus albolineatus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) Marcos R. Bornschein Corresp., 1, 2 , Luiz Fernando Ribeiro 2, 3 , Mario M. Rollo Jr. 1 , André E. Confetti 4 , Marcio R. Pie 2, 5 1 Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Mater Natura - Instituto de Estudos Ambientais, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil 3 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Escola de Ciências da Vida, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil 4 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil 5 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Corresponding Author: Marcos R. Bornschein Email address:
[email protected] Background. Brachycephalus are among the smallest terrestrial vertebrates in the world. The genus encompasses 34 species endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, occurring mostly in montane forests, with many species showing microendemic distributions to single mountaintops. It includes diurnal species living in the leaf litter and calling during the day, mainly during the warmer months of the year. The natural history of the vast majority of the species is unknown, such as their advertisement call, which has been described only for seven species of the genus.