Phyllomedusa burmeisteri
Burmeister's frog or the common walking leaf frog (Phyllomedusa burmeisteri) is a frog that lives in eastern Brazil.[2][3] People have seen it as high as 1000 meters above sea level.[1]
| Phyllomedusa burmeisteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Phyllomedusa |
| Species: | P. burmeisteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllomedusa burmeisteri (Boulenger, 1882) | |
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This frog lives in forests on the Atlantic side of the country. People have seen it sitting on plants near water that does not flow. The female frog leaves her eggs in nests that she makes out of leaves. The leaves are on branches high over the water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. Scientists think this frog can live in places that human beings have changed.[1]
Scientists think this frog is in some danger from human beings changing the places where they live to dig useful rocks out of the ground and get wood to build with.[1]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pithecopus burmeisteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55844A172209608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55844A172209608.en. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- Frost, Darrel R. "Pithecopus burmeisteri (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- "Burmeister's Frog: Phyllomedusa burmeisteri". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
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