What is Pithecopus gonzagai?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status-ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Pithecopus gonzagai | authority = (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020) | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} '''''Pithecopus gonzagai''''' is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]]. It lives several states north of the [[Rio São Francisco]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASw6|access-date=September 17, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Pithecopus gonzagai'' (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Pithecopus/Pithecopus-gonzagai}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9277 |title=''Phyllomedusa gonzagai'' |access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197274756/198520579 |title= ''Pithecopus gonzagai'' |page=e.T197274756A198520579 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197274756A198520579.en |id=197274756 |year=2023 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |accessdate=January 21, 2024}}</ref> This frog lives in trees in grasslands and shrublands. People have heard it calling near ponds that dry up for part of the year. The female frog lays eggs on leaves that hang over the water. The tadpoles fall into the water when they hatch. People have also seen it in [[watering holes]], places where cows and other animals drink water.<ref name=IUCN /> ==First paper== *{{cite journal|author1=Felipe Silva de Andrade |author2= Isabelle Aquemi Haga |author3=Johnny Sousa Ferreira |author4= Shirlei Maria Recco-Pimentel |author5=Luís Felipe Toledo |author6=Daniel Pacheco Bruschi |year=2020|title= A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil. |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=723|pages=108–134|accessdate=September 12,