Pithecopus gonzagai is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil. It lives several states north of the Rio São Francisco.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. gonzagai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pithecopus gonzagai Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020
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This frog lives in trees in grasslands and shrublands. The frogs call from temporary ponds. The female lays eggs on leaves overhanging the water. The tadpoles fall into the water after they hatch. People have also found this frogs in livestock watering holes.[1]
Original description
edit- Felipe Silva de Andrade; Isabelle Aquemi Haga; Johnny Sousa Ferreira; Shirlei Maria Recco-Pimentel; Luís Felipe Toledo; Daniel Pacheco Bruschi (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (Abstract) (723): 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pithecopus gonzagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197274756A198520579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197274756A198520579.en. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Phyllomedusa gonzagai". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
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