What is Phasmahyla guttata?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN/> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phasmahyla exilis | authority = (Lutz, 1924) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa guttata'' (Lutz, 1924) *''Phyllomedusa (Hylomantis) guttata'' (Lutz, 1950) *''Phasmahyla guttata'' (Cruz, 1991) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''spotted leaf frog''' (''Phasmahyla guttata'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]]. It lives in the mountains not far from the ocean.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=October 13, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phasmahyla guttata'' (Lutz, 1924) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phasmahyla/Phasmahyla-guttata}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/630 |title=''Phasmahyla guttata'' |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> People have seen it between 50 and 1200 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55816/172207715 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title= Spotted Leaf Frog: ''Phasmahyla guttata'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |accessdate=February 2, 2024 |id= 55816 |page= e.T55816A172207715 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55816A172207715.en}}</ref> The female frog lays eggs on leaves over streams. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the stream below.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists do not believe this frog is in danger of dying out because the [[habitat|place where it lives]] is not in danger even though, in the past, humans [[deforestation|cut down trees]] to make towns, farms, and places for cows to eat grass.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists think this frog can make useful chemicals in its skin. But they do not think anyone catches this frog to take the chemicals.<ref name=IUCN /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Frogs of South Am