What is Phasmahyla exilis?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phasmahyla exilis | authority = (Cruz, 1980) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa exilis'' (Cruz, 1980) *''Phasmahyla exilis'' (Cruz, 1991) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''mottled leaf frog''' (''Phasmahyla exilis'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=October 10, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phasmahyla exilis'' (Cruz, 1980) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phasmahyla/Phasmahyla-exilis}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/629 |title=''Phasmahyla exilis'' |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> People have seen it between 200 and 900 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55815/172207600 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title= Mottled Leaf Frog: ''Phasmahyla exilis'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |accessdate=February 3, 2024 |id= 55815 |page= e.T55815A172207600 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55815A172207600.en}}</ref> This frog can change color to [[camouflage|hide from animals that want to eat it]]. It can do this by changing its red and orange spots.<ref name=IUCN /> This frog lives in [[primary forest|forests that have never been cut down]] and [[secondary forest|forests that are growing back]] but cannot live in places that are not forests. The female frog lays eggs on leaves over streams. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the stream below.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists do not believe this frog is in danger of dying out because the [[habitat|place where it lives]] is not in danger even though, there are some [[silviculture|tree farms]] and people take some wood to use.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists think this frog can mak