What is Phyllomedusa distincta?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Phyllomedusa distincta no Parque Estadual por Carlos Botelho Giordano Rossi (06).jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phyllomedusa distincta | authority = (Lutz, 1950 ) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa (Pithecopus) burmeisteri distincta'' (Lutz, 1950) *''Pithecopus burmeisteri distincta'' (Lutz, 1966) *''Phyllomedusa distincta'' (Bokermann, 1966) *''Pithecopus distincta'' (Laurent, 1967) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''Sao Paulo leaf frog''' (''Phyllomedusa distincta'') is a [[frog]] that lives in [[Brazil]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Phyllomedusa distincta'' (De la Riva, 1999) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phyllomedusa/Phyllomedusa-distincta}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb|publisher=Amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/649 |title=''Phyllomedusa distincta'' |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> People have seen it as high as 1000 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55849/172209740 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Brownbelly Leaf Frog: ''Pithecopus distincta'' |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2=Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |id=55849 |accessdate=January 25, 2024 |page= e.T55849A172209740 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55849A172209740.en}}</ref> This frog lives in [[primary forest|forests that have never been cut down]] and in [[secondary forest|forests that have grown back]]. People have seen it on [[shrub]]s near water that does not flow. The female frog lays eggs on leaves that are over water that does not dry up. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water below.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists do not believe that this frog is in danger of dying out. This is because it lives in such a large place. But there