Pithecopus hypochondrialis
Pithecopus hypochondrialis, the northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, is a species of frog in the family Phyllomedusidae found in South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.
Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis walking up a near-vertical surface
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. hypochondrialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800) | |
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References
- Azevedo-Ramos, C., Silvano, D., Scott, N., Aquino, L., La Marca, E., Céspedez, V. & Lavilla, E. 2004. Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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