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epa04882805 A handout picture dated on 28 January 2015 and released on 13 August 2015 by the Grupo Boticario Foundation in Serra do Quiriri, part of the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A group of Brazilian researchers discovered a new species of tiny toad, which is characterized by measuring just over a centimeter and considered threatened by extinction and whose habitat is confined to a mountainous region in the southern state. Brachycephalus quiriri was discovered by the Parana Federal University (UFPR) in the Quiriri hill, Santa Catarina, said the Grupo Boticario Foundation, which sponsored the study. EPA/Grupo Boticario Foundation/Luiz Fernando Ribeiro HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES
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