Bahia heart-tongued frog

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Bahia heart-tongued frog
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. melanomystax
Binomial name
Phyllodytes melanomystax
(Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992)

The Bahia heart-tongued frog (Phyllodytes melanomystax) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References[]

  1. ^ Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto, Bruno Pimenta (2010). "Phyllodytes melanomystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T55836A11377774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55836A11377774.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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