Aplastodiscus eugenioi

species of amphibian

Aplastodiscus eugenioi is a frog. It lives in Brazil. People have seen it as high as 300 meters above sea level. It lives near the ocean and on three islands.[2][3][1]

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

The adult male frog is 31 - 36 mm long from nose to rear end and adult female frog is 36 - 39 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is green in color. It has brown or light brown spots. The frog has a light brown stripe from its eye and another stripe from the eye to the front leg. The skin of the belly is yellow in color. There is blue color on the throat and part of the belly. The webbed skin on the toes is green in color. The iris of the eye is orange with white marks.[3]

During the day, the adult frogs hide in bromeliad plants or in leaves. At night, the male frogs sit on tree branches near streams and the sing for the females.

The tadpoles stay near the bottom of the water by small rocks or sand. The tadpoles are mostly active at night.[3]

There are fewer of this frog than there were. This is because human beings change the places where the frog lives to make room for farms, towns, and places for animals to eat grass. Chemicals made to kill pests, fertilizers, pollution, and diseases can also kill this frog.[3]

First paper

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  • Carvalho-E-Silva AMPT (2005). "New species of the Hyla albofrenata group, from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil (Anura, Hylidae)". J. Herpetol. 39: 73–81. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0073:NSOTHA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86255400.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva (2006). "Aplastodiscus eugenioi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T61770A12537909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61770A12537909.en. 61770. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Aplastodiscus eugenioi (Cruz and Peixoto, 1987)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Shannon Buttimer (June 19, 2018). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Aplastodiscus eugenioi (Carvalho-e-Silva and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 1, 2022.