Phyllomedusa neildi
| Phyllomedusa neildi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Phyllomedusa |
| Species: | P. neildi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllomedusa neildi (Barrio-Amorós, 2006) | |
Phyllomedusa neildi is a frog that lives in Venezuela. Scientists have only seen this frog in one place: Sierra de San Luís.[2][3] People have seen this frog between 550 and 1150 meters above sea level.[1]
This frog is smaller than other frogs in Phyllomedusa. The skin where its legs meet the body is striped white and pink.[4]
This frog is awake at night. It lives in forests with leaves that fall and forests with trees that are evergreen. The female frog lays 250-280 eggs at a time and pulls one or two leaves around them.[1]
Scientists do not know whether this frog is in danger of dying out, but they say that the forests where it lives are in a lot of danger. Human beings take wood to burn for fuel. Humans cut down forests to make towns and farms and places for goats to eat grass.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rivas, G.; Rivero, R.; De Freitas (2022). "Pithecopus neildi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T135842A198655512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T135842A198655512.en. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Phyllomedusa neildi (Barrio-Amorós, 2006)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ "Phyllomedusa neildi". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ César L. Barrio-Amorós (September 7, 2006). "A new species of Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) from northwestern Venezuela". Zootaxa. 1309 (1): 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1309.1.5. Retrieved October 7, 2022.