| Paratelmatobius gaigeae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Paratelmatobius |
| Species: | P. gaigeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Cochran, 1938) | |
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Gaige's rapids frog (Paratelmatobius gaigeae) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.
The skin of the frog's back and legs is brown. There is a black stripe on part of the leg. There is a white line on the back. There is a white line from each eyelid to where the legs meet the body. There is a dark brown stripe from each eye down the side of the body. The throat is red and dark gray with white dots. The bottoms of the legs, belly and feet are red or red with white marks.
Scientists think, this frog can only live in rainforests that have never been cut down, but a few people saw this frog deep in forests that were starting to grow back. Scientists saw the frog between 1160 and 1570 meters above sea level.
Scientists saw the frog in two safe parks: Estação Ecológica de Bananal and Caburé Natural Heritage Nature Reserve. They think it could live in Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina too.
The male frog sits on dead leaves on the ground and calls to the female frogs at night. The female frog puts eggs in ponds and streams, that dry up later. The tadpoles swim in the bottom of the water and eat dead leaves.
The IUCN says this frog is in danger of dying out. Human beings cut down many trees to get wood to build with and make charcoal and to make farms and places for animals to eat grass. Climate change could also hurt this frog.
