What is Phrynomedusa fimbriata?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = EX | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phrynomedusa fimbriata | authority = (Cruz, 1991) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'' (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923) *''Phyllomedusa fimbriata'' (Funkhouser, 1957) *''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'' (Cruz, 1991) | synonyms_ref= }} The '''spiny-knee leaf frog''' (''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'') is an extinct [[frog]] that lived in [[Brazil]]. Scientists have only seen it in one place: [[Paranapiacaba]]. It was last seen in the early 20th century.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=October 4, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'' Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phrynomedusa/Phrynomedusa-fimbriata}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/635 |title=''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'' |date=March 3, 2009 |author=Krystal Gong |access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref> People saw it about 1000 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17078/172621499 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Spiny-knee Leaf Frog: ''Phrynomedusa fimbriata'' |author1=Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |author2= IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2023 |accessdate=January 30, 2024 |id= 17078 |page= e.T17078A172621499 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T17078A172621499.en}}</ref> Scientists believe that these frogs are dead because they have not seen any since the 1950s. They think the frog probably lived [[arboreal|in trees]] and laid its eggs in streams, but they are not sure. Scientists think this frog died because of a few things: air pollution from factories in [[Cubatão]] and a fungus called ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]''. This is because the fungus can kill the frog ''[[Phrynomedusa dryade]]''.<ref name=IUCN /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology