Biology:Pithecopus gonzagai
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Short description: Species of amphibian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. gonzagai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pithecopus gonzagai Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020
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Pithecopus gonzagai is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil. It lives several states north of the Rio São Francisco.[2][3][1]
This frog lives in trees in grasslands and shrublands. The frogs call from temporary ponds. The female lays eggs on leaves overhanging the water. The tadpoles fall into the water after they hatch. People have also found this frogs in livestock watering holes.[1]
Original description
- 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 723: 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1147. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
References
- ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197274756/198520579. Retrieved January 21, 2024.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |id= identifier (help)
- ↑ "Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)". American Museum of Natural History. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Pithecopus/Pithecopus-gonzagai.
- ↑ "Phyllomedusa gonzagai". Amphibiaweb. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9277.
Wikidata ☰ Q108574991 entry
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