Phyllomedusa burmeisteri

Burmeister's frog or the common walking leaf frog (Phyllomedusa burmeisteri) is a frog that lives in eastern Brazil.[2][3] People have seen it as high as 1000 meters above sea level.[1]

Phyllomedusa burmeisteri
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Phyllomedusa
Species:
P. burmeisteri
Binomial name
Phyllomedusa burmeisteri
(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllomedusa burmeisteri' (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Pithecopus burmeisteri (Cope, 1866)
  • Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis burmeisteri (Mertens, 1926)
  • Pithecopus (Pithecopus) burmeisteri (Lutz, 1950)
  • Pithecopus burmeisteri burmeisteri (Lutz, 1966)

This frog lives in forests on the Atlantic side of the country. People have seen it sitting on plants near water that does not flow. The female frog leaves her eggs in nests that she makes out of leaves. The leaves are on branches high over the water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. Scientists think this frog can live in places that human beings have changed.[1]

Scientists think this frog is in some danger from human beings changing the places where they live to dig useful rocks out of the ground and get wood to build with.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Template:Cite IUCN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pithecopus burmeisteri (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  3. "Burmeister's Frog: Phyllomedusa burmeisteri". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 1, 2021.