| Rohde's leaf frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. rohdei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pithecopus rohdei Mertens, 1926 | |
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Pithecopus rohdei, also known as Rohde's leaf frog, Rohde's frog, and Mertens' leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. The species was previously placed in the genus Phyllomedusa . The species is endemic to southeastern Brazil and occurs at elevations up to 1000 meters above sea level. [1] [2] [3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, rivers, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. [1]
The species is common, adaptable, and is not considered threatened. [1] It is an opportunistic sit-and-wait predator and preys on spiders, larval butterflies, moths and orthopterans. [4] P. rodhei is able to consume larger prey compared to smaller hylid tree frogs such as Dendropsophus branneri, like due to a larger mouth size. [5] The primary mating season is December to March, however mating at other times have also been reported. Clutches are laid in leaf-made nests on water and eggs fall in underlying streams. [6]
