Pithecopus oreades

Pithecopus oreades is a frog that lives in Brazil. It lives high in the hills. Scientists have seen it more than 900 meters above sea level.[3] Scientists have seen it up in the mountains, between 280 and 1000 meters above sea level.[1]

Pithecopus oreades
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Species:
P. oreades
Binomial name
Pithecopus oreades
(Brandão, 2002)
Synonyms[3]
  • Phyllomedusa oreades (Brandão, 2002)
  • Phyllomedusa araguari (Giaretta, Oliveira, and Kokubum, 2007)
  • Pithecopus oreades (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

This frog lays eggs in streams, where the tadpoles swim in pools.[2]

References
  1. "Phyllomedusa oreades". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. Débora Silvano. "Pithecopus oreades". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55858A107298828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55858A107298828.en. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  3. "Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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