Aplastodiscus leucopygius

species of amphibian

The Guinle tree frog (Aplastodiscus leucopygius) is a frog. It lives in Brazil. People have seen it between 800 and 1600 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Aplastodiscus leucopygius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Aplastodiscus
Species:
A. leucopygius
Binomial name
Aplastodiscus leucopygius
(Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla leucopygius Cruz and Peixoto, 1985
  • Aplastodiscus leucopygius Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005

The adult frog is about 35-45 mm long from nose to rear end. It is green in color with white marks near its rear end. It has large disks on its toes for climbing.[3]

The male frogs climb high into the trees before they sing for the female frogs. People have seen them sitting on high branches.[3]

Many of the places where this frog lives are in national parks, for example, Parque Estadual Nova Baden. So it is not in danger of dying out. But there are still fewer of these frogs than there were. This is because human beings change the places where they live. Human beings cut down trees and change wetlands to drier lands for wood for building or to build farms or make places for animals to eat grass.[3]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carlos Frederico da Rocha; Monique Van Sluys; Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva (2010). "Aplastodiscus leucopygius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55538A11329154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55538A11329154.en. 55538. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Diogo B. Provete (January 1, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Cruz & Peixoto, 1985) Guinle Treefrog, perereca-buzina, perereca-verde". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 23, 2022.