Alhandra heart-tongued frog

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Alhandra heart-tongued frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. brevirostris
Binomial name
Phyllodytes brevirostris
(Peixoto and Cruz, 1988)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodytes brevirostris Peixoto and Cruz, 1988

The Alhandra heart-tongued frog (Phyllodytes brevirostris) is a frog. It lives in Brazil. People have seen it as high as 100 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

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This frog lives in forests and shrublands. This frog sits on bromeliad plants. Scientists think the female frog lays her eggs in water on the leaves of the plants. They think that the tadpoles swim in this water. The scientists are not sure because they have not seen the frog do so yet.[1]

Danger[change | change source]

This frog is in a little danger of dying out, but scientists say that human beings change the places where it lives to build towns, build farms, get wood to build with, and make places for animals to eat grass. Human beings also take the bromeliad plants that the frog lives on.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Phyllodytes brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. 2023: e.T55831A172208735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55831A172208735.en. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Phyllodytes brevirostris Peixoto and Cruz, 1988". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  3. "Phyllodytes brevirostris". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 24, 2022.