What is Pithecopus palliatus?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Phyllomedusa palliata.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=Amph /><ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Pithecopus palliatus | authority = (Peters, 1873) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa palliata'' (Peters, 1873) *''Pithecopus palliatus'' (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''jaugar leaf frog''' or '''jaguar monkey frog''' (''Pithecopus palliatus'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], and [[Bolivia]]. Scientists think it might also live in [[Colombia]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |access-date=September 16, 2021|publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Pithecopus azureus'' (Peters, 1873) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Pithecopus/Pithecopus-palliatus}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/657 |title=''Phyllomedusa palliatus'' |access-date=September 16, 2021 |author=David Wong |date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> People have seen it between 100 and 400 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55859/61406237 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Jaguar Leaf Frog: ''Pithecopus palliatus'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2023 |accessdate=September 16, 2021 |volume= 2016 |page=e.T55859A61406237 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55859A61406237.en}}</ref> The adult frog is 37.7 to 43.8 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]] and the adult female frog is 38.8 to 49.1 mm long.<ref name=Amph /> This frog lays eggs near bodies of water that are not there all year, for example flooded places. They lay eggs on leaves near the water.<ref name=Amph /> Then the tadpoles fall off the leaves into the water.<ref name=IUCN /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Frogs of South America]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q2700961}}