Bahia heart-tongued frog

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Bahia heart-tongued frog
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. melanomystax
Binomial name
Phyllodytes melanomystax
(Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992)

The Bahia heart-tongued frog (Phyllodytes melanomystax) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil's rainforests. [2] [3] It has been observed as high as 800 meters above sea level. [1]

This frog lives on epiphyte bromeliads, but only those that live high in the canopy, not on bromeliads that grow on the ground or on smaller host plants. The female frog lays eggs on the leaves, and tadpoles develop in the pools of water that collect near the axil of the plants. [1]

Scientists say this frog is not in danger of extinction because it has such a large range. Although there has been significant deforestation to convert the lambs to farms and grazing, there is still significant forest as of 2023. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Phyllodytes melanomystax". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55836A172209360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55836A172209360.en. 55836. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Phyllodytes melanomystax Caramaschi, Silva, and Britto-Pereira, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Phyllodytes melanomystax". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 25, 2022.


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