This locality is inside the general distribution of L. spixi, but this species was never
collected nor heard in the region. Apparently, L. cupreus is a high-altitude endemic species occurring in the isolated forests of the Serra do Brigadeiro, a distributional pattern previously reported for Physalaemus maximus (Leiuperidae) and Chiasmocleis mantiqueira (see Feio et al. 1999, and Cruz et al. 2007).