Phyllomedusa burmeisteri

Phyllomedusa burmeisteri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Phyllomedusidae
Genus:	Phyllomedusa
Species:	P. burmeisteri
Binomial name
	Phyllomedusa burmeisteri; (Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms
	Phyllomedusa burmeisteri' (Boulenger, 1882); Pithecopus burmeisteri (Cope, 1866); Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis burmeisteri (Mertens, 1926); Pithecopus (Pithecopus) burmeisteri (Lutz, 1950); Pithecopus burmeisteri burmeisteri (Lutz, 1966);

Burmeister's frog or the common walking leaf frog (Phyllomedusa burmeisteri) is a frog that lives in eastern Brazil.^[2]^[3] People have seen it as high as 1000 meters above sea level.^[1]

This frog lives in forests on the Atlantic side of the country. People have seen it sitting on plants near water that does not flow. The female frog leaves her eggs in nests that she makes out of leaves. The leaves are on branches high over the water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. Scientists think this frog can live in places that human beings have changed.^[1]

Scientists think this frog is in some danger from human beings changing the places where they live to dig useful rocks out of the ground and get wood to build with.^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pithecopus burmeisteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55844A172209608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55844A172209608.en. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pithecopus burmeisteri (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
↑ "Burmeister's Frog: Phyllomedusa burmeisteri". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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[IUCN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pithecopus burmeisteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55844A172209608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55844A172209608.en. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[AMNH-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pithecopus burmeisteri (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

[Amph-3] "Burmeister's Frog: Phyllomedusa burmeisteri". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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