Callimedusa duellmani

The purple and orange leaf frog (Calllimedusa duellmani) is a frog that lives in Peru. Scientists have only seen it in one place.[3][1] People have seen this frog between 1,850 and 1,910 meters above sea level.[2]

Callimedusa duellmani
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Callimedusa
Species:
C. duellmani
Binomial name
Callimedusa duellmani
(Cannatella, 1982)
Synonyms[3]
  • Phyllomedusa duellmani (Cannatella, 1982)
  • Callimedusa duellmani (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

This frog lives in cloud forests. The female frog finds a leaf over water and folds it. She lays her eggs in the fold. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 'Calllimedusa duellmani'. AmphibiaWebAmphibiaweb. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Template:Cite IUCN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Calllimedusa duellmani (Duellman and Toft, 1979). Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 30, 2021.