Pithecopus megacephalus

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Pithecopus megacephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Species:
P. megacephalus
Binomial name
Pithecopus megacephalus
(Cope, 1862)
Synonyms[3]
  • Bradymedusa megacephala (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
  • Phyllomedusa megacephala (Brandão, 2002)
  • Pithecopus megacephalus (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)


The large-headed leaf frog (Pithecopus megacephalus) is a frog that lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it 800 meters above sea level in the Espinaço Mountains.[3][1]

First paper[change | change source]

  • Faivovich, JuliáN; Haddad, CéLio F.B.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 294 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Phyllomedusa megacephala". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  2. Ariadne Angulo (2016). "Large-headed Leaf Frog: Pithecopus megacephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T135966A107296200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T135966A107296200.en. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Pithecopus megacephalus (Cope, 1862)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 22, 2021.