Pithecopus oreades

Pithecopus oreades
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Species:
P. oreades
Binomial name
Pithecopus oreades
(Brandão, 2002)
Synonyms
  • Phyllomedusa oreades (Brandão, 2002)
  • Phyllomedusa araguari (Giaretta, Oliveira, and Kokubum, 2007)
  • Pithecopus oreades (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

Pithecopus oreades is a frog that lives in Brazil. It lives high in the hills. Scientists have seen it more than 900 meters above sea level. Scientists have seen it up in the mountains, between 280 and 1000 meters above sea level.

This frog lays eggs in streams, where the tadpoles swim in pools.

References

  1. 1 2 "Phyllomedusa oreades". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Débora Silvano. "Pithecopus oreades". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55858A107298828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55858A107298828.en. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 14, 2021.