Cruziohyla craspedopus
| Cruziohyla craspedopus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Cruziohyla |
| Species: | C. craspedopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cruziohyla craspedopus (Boulenger, 1902) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The fringed leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 30 and 1600 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
Appearance
[change | change source]This is a large frog with green skin and pale spots. It has yellow color on its legs and sides. There are brown bars vertically down its sides.[3]
The adult male frog is 55 to 57 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 69 to 73 mm long.[3]
Home
[change | change source]This frog lives in forest that has never been cut down.[3] It lives high in the trees where the branches come together like a roof.[1]
Eggs and tadpoles
[change | change source]Unlike other leaf frogs, the female fringed leaf frog puts her eggs right in the water, about 14 to 21 eggs at a time. Scientists once saw adult frogs moving their eggs from the water to a mass of roots hanging over the water.[3]
People have seen the tadpoles in very small pools of water: For example, in the hollows of trees or in large puddles where larger animals have wallowed in the mud.[3] Scientists think these tadpoles can swim and grow in bodies of water made by humans if there are enough trees close by.[1]
Threats
[change | change source]Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place.[1]
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Fringed Leaf Frog: Cruziohyla craspedopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55291A85897508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55291A85897508.en. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Cruziohyla craspedopus (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (September 7, 2011). "Cruziohyla craspedopus". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
