Biology:Maracas heart-tongued frog
| Maracas heart-tongued frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodytes |
| Species: | P. tuberculosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodytes tuberculosus Bokermann, 1966
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The Maracas heart-tongued frog (Phyllodytes tuberculosus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil .[2][3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. People have seen this frog between 900 and 1350 meters above sea level.[1]
This frog has been found in terrestrial bromeliad plants that grow on the rocks. Its tadpoles develop in pools of water that collects in these plants.[1]
Scientists have given this species a tentative classification of "vulnerable to extinction." This frog has a large range, but that range is heavily fragmented, and still subject to change and degradation by humans.[1]
The large-scale conversion of this frog's habitat to sericulture, farmland, and grazing space has left this frog at greater risk of fire and the destruction of its bromeliads.[1]
This frog resembles Phyllodytes luteolus closely, such that they can be mistaken for one another.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). Phyllodytes tuberculosus. 3.1. p. e.T55837A11377924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55837A11377924.en. 55837. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55837/172209497. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. "Phyllodytes tuberculosus Bokermann, 1966". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Phyllodytes/Phyllodytes-tuberculosus.
- ↑ "Phyllodytes tuberculosus". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1033.
Wikidata ☰ Q2707360 entry
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