What is Hylodes japi?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Mating couple of Hylodes japi during courtship.PNG | status = | status_ref = | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Hylodes japi | authority =de Sá, Canedo, Lyra, and Haddad, 2015 | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''''Hylodes japi''''' is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. People have seen it in [[type locality (biology)|exactly one place]]: [[Serra do Japi]], between 850 and 1050 meters above sea level.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Hylodes japi'' de Sá, Canedo, Lyra, and Haddad, 2015 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae/Hylodes/Hylodes-japi |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Hylodes japi'' de Sá, Canedo, Lyra, and Haddad, 2015 |author1=Jillian Capdevielle |editor1=Gordon Lau|editor2=Michelle S. Koo |date=May 25, 2015 |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8320 |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref> The adult male frog is 22.9 - 25.8 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]] and the adult female frog is 26.4 – 28.0 mm long.mm. The frog is silver-white in color with small dark spots. The belly is lighter in color than the back. Some frogs have red-brown color on the back and on the tops of the feet and legs. The iris of the eye is the color of [[copper]] metal.<ref name=Amph /> This frog lives near streams where the water flows fast. The frogs mate in the water. The male frog sings for the female frog near the stream. She goes to him. They both swim to the bottom of the stream to find a good place for eggs. The female may leave without mating. Or the male can dig in the bottom of the stream. The two frogs mate inside the tunnel, and the female lays her eggs there. Then the male covers the top of the tunnel with sand.<ref name=Amph /> The [[tadpole]] is brown in color with soe yellow on the back. The iris of its eye is black in color. They swim near the bottom of the water. They [[omnivore|eat anything]] they can find. Scien