Hylomantis aspera

species of amphibian

The rough leaf frog (Hylomantis aspera) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, and Ecuador, and it is most common in Suriname.[2][3] People have seen it as high as 600 meters above sea level.[1]

Hylomantis aspera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Hylomantis
Species:
H. aspera
Binomial name
Hylomantis aspera
(Peters, 1873)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hylomantis aspera (Peters, 1873)
  • Phyllomedusa aspera (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Phyllomedusa (Hylomantis) aspera (Lutz, 1950)
  • Hylomantis aspera (Lutz, 1968)
  • Agalychnis aspera (Faivovich, Haddad, Baêta, Jungfer, Álvares, Brandão, Sheil, Barrientos, Barrio-Amorós, Cruz, and Wheeler, 2010)
  • Hylomantis asperus (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

People have seen this frog in forests, near the edges of forests, and in swamps. People have seen it sitting on leaves and on water plants. The tadpoles swim in puddles that dry up later.[1]

Scientists do not think this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in a large place.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Rough Leaf Frog: Agalychnis aspera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55703A172207268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55703A172207268.en. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Error: unrecognised source.
  3. "Calllimedusa aspera". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 25, 2021.