Fritziana tonimi
| Fritziana tonimi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Fritziana |
| Species: | F. tonimi |
| Binomial name | |
| Fritziana tonimi Walker, Gasparini, and Haddad, 2016 | |
Body
The adult male frog is 21.40–26.62 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 27.04–31.20 mm. Many of these frogs have a triangle mark between the eyes. Some have two thick lines from the nose over the eyes down the sides of the body and meet at the rear end.
Name
Scientists named the frog tonimi for Antonio de Padua Almeida.
Home
This frog lives in forests that have never been cut doown and in forests that are growing back. People have also seen it on eucalyptus and coffee farms.
Scientists have seen this frog in some protected places: Área de Proteção Ambiental do Pico do Goiapaba-Açu, Estacao Biologica de Santa Lucia, and Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi.
Young
The female frog carries her eggs in a bag of skin on her back. She brings the tadpoles to bromeliad plants with water in them.
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, the frogs are in danger from changes to the places where the frogs live when people make towns and farms and take wood to use.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Fritziana tonimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T150088999A150089004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T150088999A150089004.en. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Fritziana tonimi Walker, Gasparini, and Haddad, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Fritziana tonimi Walker, Gasparini, and Haddad, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
- 1 2 Walker M; Gasparini JL; Haddad CFB (2016). "A new polymorphic species of egg-brooding frog of the genus Fritziana from southeastern Brazil (Anura: Hemiphractidae)". Salamandra. 52: 221–229. ISSN 0036-3375. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
