What is Phyllomedusa sauvagii?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Makifrosch-59.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=Amph /><ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phyllomedusa sauvagii | authority = (Boulenger, 1882) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'' (Boulenger, 1882) *''Phyllomedusa Rickettsii'' (Günther, 1897) *''Phyllomedusa rickettsii'' (Nieden, 1923) *''Phyllomedusa sauvagii rickettsii'' (Cei, 1956) *''Phyllomedusa sauvagii sauvagii'' (Cei, 1956) *''Phyllomedusa sauvagei'' (Funkhouser, 1957) *''Pithecopus sauvagii'' (Lutz, 1966) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''painted-belly leaf frog''' (''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[rainforest]]s in [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]], and [[Brazil]]. Scientists think that the chemicals this frog makes in its skin have many uses.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=September 2, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Pithecopus sauvagii'' (Boulenger, 1882) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phyllomedusa/Phyllomedusa-sauvagii}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/661 |title=''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'' |date=October 26, 2017 |author1= Jessica Chen|author2= Hallie Daly|author3=Kennedy Gould |access-date=September 2, 2021}}</ref> People have seen this frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55844/172209608 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |accessdate=January 22, 2024 |page=e.T55844A172209608 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55844A172209608.en}}</ref> ==Appearance and behavior== The adult male frog is 69.0 to 89.2 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]], and the adult female frog is 83.4 to 96.6 mm long. It has a short nose for a frog.