Phyllodytes punctatus

Phyllodytes punctatus is a frog. It lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Fazenda Gravatá in Sergipe.[3][1][2]

Phyllodytes punctatus
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. punctatus
Binomial name
Phyllodytes punctatus
(Caramaschi and Peixoto, 2004)
Synonyms[3]
  • Phyllodytes punctatusCaramaschi and Peixoto, 2004

The adult frog is about 18.2-22.8 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin on the back is brown, and there are brown spots on the back and legs. This frog has a bump on its nose and three bumps on each eyelid.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Phyllodytes punctatus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simon Stuart (2006). "Phyllodytes punctatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T61789A12545832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61789A12545832.en. 61789. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Phyllodytes punctatus Caramaschi and Peixoto, 2004". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  4. Ulisses Caramaschi; Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto (January 1, 2004). "A new species of Phyllodytes (Anura: Hylidae) from the state of Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil". Amphibia-Reptilia (Abstract). 25: 1–7. doi:10.1163/156853804322992788.