Pithecopus araguaius
Pithecopus araguaius is a frog that lives in Mato Grasso, Brazil.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. araguaius
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| Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
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One sample frog was about 30 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the back and backs of the legs are green in color. This frog has a green stripe on each hind leg and a dark stripe on each side. There is orange color on the front legs and inner parts of the hind legs. Parts of the lips are white in color.[3]
Scientists named this frog araguaius after the Araguaia River. The frogs live near this river.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Pithecopus araguaius". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Isabelle Aquemi Haga; Felipe Silva de Andrade; Daniel Pacheco Bruschi; Shirlei Maria Recco-Pimentel; Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta (September 27, 2017). "Unrevealing the leaf frogs Cerrado diversity: A new species of Pithecopus (Anura, Arboranae, Phyllomedusidae) from the Mato Grosso state, Brazil". PLoSONE (Full text). 12 (9): e0184631. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184631. PMC 5617161. PMID 28953911.