Biology:Dendropsophus bromeliaceus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. bromeliaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus bromeliaceus Ferreira, Faivovich, Beard, and Pombal, 2015
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Dendropsophus bromeliaceus, or Teresensis' bromeliad frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil . Scientists have only seen it in the mountains in the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi.[1][2]\
The adult male frog measures 16.1–18.4 mm long in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is light brown in color with a wide, cream-colored dorsolateral stretching from behind the eye to the inguinal region. There is another stripe in the middle of the back. There is a triangular mark on the face. The hind legs are cream in color and the front legs and belly are gray. The iris of the eye is black in color.[3]
This is the only frog in Dendropsophus whose tadpole swims in rainwater. Instead of laying eggs in a stream or pond, the female finds a place where rainwater has collected in the leaves of bromeliad plants.[3]
Scientists think this frog might be territorial and that male frogs might be involve din tadpole care.[3]
Scientists named this frog Teresensis referring to the demonym for a person born in the municipality of Santa Teresa. They gave it the scientific name bromeliaceus' after the bromeliad plants where it lays its eggs.
References
- ↑ "Dendropsophus bromeliaceus (Ferreira, Faivovich, Beard, and Pombal, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference (American Museum of Natural History). https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dendropsophus/Dendropsophus-bromeliaceus. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Teresensis' Bromeliad Tree Frog: Dendropsophus bromeliaceus". Amphibiaweb. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8611.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rodrigo B. Ferreira; Julián Faivovich; Karen H. Beard; José P. Pombal Jr. (December 9, 2015). "The first bromeligenous species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil's Atlantic Forest.". PLOS ONE 10 (12): e0142893. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142893. PMID 26650515. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1042893F.
Wikidata ☰ Q42306485 entry
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