Pithecopus gonzagai

species of amphibian

Pithecopus gonzagai is a frog that lives in Brazil. It lives several states north of the Rio São Francisco.[2][3][1]

Pithecopus gonzagai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Species:
P. gonzagai
Binomial name
Pithecopus gonzagai
(Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)

This frog lives in trees in grasslands and shrublands. People have heard it calling near ponds that dry up for part of the year. The female frog lays eggs on leaves that hang over the water. The tadpoles fall into the water when they hatch. People have also seen it in watering holes, places where cows and other animals drink water.[1]

First paper

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  • Felipe Silva de Andrade; Isabelle Aquemi Haga; Johnny Sousa Ferreira; Shirlei Maria Recco-Pimentel; Luís Felipe Toledo; Daniel Pacheco Bruschi (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy (Abstract) (723): 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147. S2CID 228886925. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pithecopus gonzagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197274756A198520579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197274756A198520579.en. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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  3. "Phyllomedusa gonzagai". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 17, 2021.