Pithecopus megacephalus
species of amphibian
The large-headed leaf frog (Pithecopus megacephalus) is a frog that lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it 800 meters above sea level in the Espinaço Mountains.[3][1]
| Pithecopus megacephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. megacephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pithecopus megacephalus (Cope, 1862)
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First paper
change- Faivovich, JuliáN; Haddad, CéLio F.B.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 294 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Phyllomedusa megacephala". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ↑ Ariadne Angulo (2016). "Large-headed Leaf Frog: Pithecopus megacephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T135966A107296200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T135966A107296200.en. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pithecopus megacephalus (Cope, 1862)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
