What is Phyllomedusa tetraploidea?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Phyllomedusa tetraploidea.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=Amph /><ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phyllomedusa tetraploidea | authority = (Pombal and Haddad, 1992) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa tetraploidea'' (Pombal and Haddad, 1992) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''hidden walking leaf frog''' (''Phyllomedusa tetraploidea'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], and part of [[Paraguay]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6|access-date=September 10, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phyllomedusa distincta'' (Pombal and Haddad, 1992) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phyllomedusa/Phyllomedusa-tetraploidea}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/663 |title=''Phyllomedusa tetraploidea'' |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> People have seen it between 400 and 1000 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55865/101426148 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |ID=55865 |title=Brownbelly Leaf Frog: ''Pithecopus tetraploidea'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2023 |accessdate=January 22, 2024 |page=e.T55865A101426148 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55865A101426148.en}}</ref> Scientists do not think this frog is in danger of dying out. This is because it lives in such a big place and because people have found it in places that humans have changed, such as [[pasture|places where cows eat grass]]. This frog lives both in [[primary forest|rainforests that have never been cut down]], [[secondary forest|rainforests that have been cut down and grew back]], and swamps.<ref name=IUCN /> The female frog lays her eggs on leaves over the water.<ref name=IUCN /> The tadpoles fall into the water when they hatch. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Frogs of South America]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q2700882}}