Phyllomedusa coelestis

The starry leaf frog (Phyllomedusa coelestis) is a frog that lives in Peru and Colombia. Scientists think it may live in many more places than we think. Scientists have seen this frog between 200 and 1000 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Phyllomedusa coelestis
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Phyllomedusa
Species:
P. coelestis
Binomial name
Phyllomedusa coelestis
(Cope, 1874)
Synonyms[3]
  • Pithecopus coelestis (Cope, 1874)
  • Phyllomedusa coelestis (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Trachycephalus (Pithecopus) coelestis (Knauer, 1878)
  • Pithecopus coelestis (Lutz, 1966)

This frog is 53.3 to 64.8 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog is green in color with some white or orange spots. Its belly is orange. The pupils in its eyes go up and down and open side to side. It has small disks on its toes for climbing.[1]

People usually see this frog at night. It does not live near ponds. Most of the frogs scientists have seen were in secondary forest many streams and dense undergrowth: There were many bushes and other small plants under the trees. Scientists have only seen the female frog lay eggs one time. She laid them in a folded leaf hanging over the water.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Santiago R. Ron; Morley Read (July 13, 2012). "Phyllomedusa coelestis". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  2. Template:Cite IUCN
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Phyllomedusa coelestis (Cope, 1874)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 9, 2021.