Callimedusa perinesos
The orange-spotted leaf frog (Callimedusa perinesos) is a frog that lives in Ecuador and Colombia.[2] Scientists have seen it up in the mountains, between 1410 and 1740 meters above sea level.[3]
| Callimedusa perinesos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Callimedusa |
| Species: | C. perinesos
|
| Binomial name | |
| Callimedusa perinesos (Duellman, 1973)
| |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
The pupils of this frog's eyes are vertical: they go up and down and open side to side. This frog's Latin name comes from the purple color on its skin. It is mostly green in color, with white spots on its sides.[3]
The adult male frog is 46.2 mm (1.82 in) to 51.5 mm (2.03 in) cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 62.2 mm (2.45 in) to 65.2 mm (2.57 in) long.[3]
When it is time to lay eggs, the female frog lays 52 to 62 eggs at a time on a leaf and then folds the leaf around the eggs. She puts jelly on the eggs to hold the nest together and to stop the eggs from drying out. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall out of the nest into the water.[3]
References
change- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Orange-spotted Leaf Frog: Callimedusa perinesos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55860A85905113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T55860A85905113.en. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Calllimedusa perinesos (Duellman, 1973)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Santiago R. Ron; Morley Read (August 29, 2012). "Phyllomedusa perinesos". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
