Pithecopus azureus
Pithecopus azureus is a frog that lives in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. azureus
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| Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)
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The adult frog is 31 to 44 mm long from nose to rear end. It has large eyes for its head. It does not have much webbing on its front feet. The skin of its back is bright green, but it can change color to brown during the day. Its belly is almost white. There is a green stripe down each side of its back legs. It sometimes has orange and black stripes on its legs too.[1]
This frog is in danger because human beings change the places it lives into soybean farms and sugar cane farms and by building dams.[1]
First paper
- Ulisses Caramaschi (2006). "Redefinicao do grupo de Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, com redescricao de P. megacephala (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926), revalidacao de P. azurea Cope, 1826 e descricao de uma nova especie (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)". Arquivos do Museu Nacional. 64: 159–179.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Diogo B. Provete (July 17, 2008). "Phyllomedusa azurea". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ↑ Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 31, 2021.