| Dendropsophus bromeliaceus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. bromeliaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus bromeliaceus Ferreira, Faivovich, Beard, and Pombal, 2015 | |
Dendropsophus bromeliaceus, or Teresensis' bromeliad frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil. Scientists have only seen it in the mountains in the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi.[1][2]\
The adult male frog measures 16.1–18.4 mm long in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is light brown in color with a wide, cream-colored dorsolateral stretching from behind the eye to the inguinal region. There is another stripe in the middle of the back. There is a triangular mark on the face. The hind legs are cream in color and the front legs and belly are gray. The iris of the eye is black in color.[3]
This is the only frog in Dendropsophus whose tadpole swims in rainwater. Instead of laying eggs in a stream or pond, the female finds a place where rainwater has collected in the leaves of bromeliad plants.[3]
Scientists think this frog might be territorial and that male frogs might be involve din tadpole care.[3]
Scientists named this frog Teresensis referring to the demonym for a person born in the municipality of Santa Teresa. They gave it the scientific name bromeliaceus' after the bromeliad plants where it lays its eggs.
References
- ↑ "Dendropsophus bromeliaceus (Ferreira, Faivovich, Beard, and Pombal, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Teresensis' Bromeliad Tree Frog: Dendropsophus bromeliaceus". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- 1 2 3 Rodrigo B. Ferreira; Julián Faivovich; Karen H. Beard; José P. Pombal Jr. (December 9, 2015). "The first bromeligenous species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil's Atlantic Forest". PLOS ONE (Full text). 10 (12): e0142893. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1042893F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142893. PMC 4674083. PMID 26650515.
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