Dendropsophus bromeliaceus
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| Dendropsophus bromeliaceus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. bromeliaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus bromeliaceus | |
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 involved in 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.
