What is Phrynomedusa appendiculata?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = CR | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phrynomedusa appendiculata | authority = (Lutz, 1925) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'' (Duellman, Cadle, and Cannatella, 1988) *''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'' (Cruz, 1991) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''Santa Catarina leaf frog''' or '''Lutz's Phyllomedusa''' (''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]]. Scientists have seen it between 800 and 1000 meters above sea level.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=September 26, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'' (Lutz, 1925) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phrynomedusa/Phrynomedusa-appendiculata}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef| amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/633 |title=''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'' |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55825/172208196 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Lutz's Phyllomedusa: ''Phrynomedusa appendiculata'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |accessdate=January 30, 2024 |id= 55825 |page=e.T55825A172208196 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55825A172208196.en}}</ref> Scientists last saw this frog in 2012 in a park called the [[Parque Estadual Nascentes do Paranapanema]]. Scientists believe this frog is in big danger of dying out. They may all be dead now. Scientists believe that some frogs may still be alive in Serra do Mar, where there are forests in protected parks. Scientists believe the frogs died because of [[chytridiomycosis|sickness]] and [[air pollution|dirty air]] and [[habitat loss|humans changing the forests where they lived]] from coal mining. Scientists are worried that people will try to catch these frogs to sell as pets because t