Aplastodiscus lutzorum
species of Amphibia
Aplastodiscus lutzorum is a frog. It lives in Brazil. People have only seen it more than 1000 meters above sea level.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Aplastodiscus |
Species: | A. lutzorum
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Binomial name | |
Aplastodiscus lutzorum (Berneck, Giaretta, Brandão, Cruz, and Haddad, 2017)
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The adult male frog is about 30.7 to 36 mm long from nose to rear end. The adult male frog has a wide head and thin front toes. The skin on the top of the frog's head is dark green. The skin on the frog's back is light yellow with small dots or spots. This frog has small disks on its toes for climbing. The belly is light yellow. The adult male frog has a blue place on its throat. The iris of the eye is part gold and part red-copper in color.[3]
Scientists named this frog after Adolfo and Bertha Lutz. They were also frog scientists and they studied other frogs in Aplastodiscus.[3]
References change
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Aplastodiscus lutzorum Berneck, Giaretta, Brandão, Cruz, and Haddad, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Aplastodiscus leucopygius". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Berneck BVM; Giaretta AA; Brandao RA; Cruz CAG; Haddad CFB (January 3, 2017). "The first species of Aplastodiscus endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado (Anura, Hylidae)". ZooKeys (Full text) (642): 115–130. doi:10.3897/zookeys.642.10401. PMC 5240532. PMID 28138301.