What is Phyllomedusa burmeisteri?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Phyllomedusa burmeisteri01b.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Phyllomedusa burmeisteri | authority = (Boulenger, 1882) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Phyllomedusa burmeisteri' (Boulenger, 1882) *''Pithecopus burmeisteri'' (Cope, 1866) *''Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis burmeisteri'' (Mertens, 1926) *''Pithecopus (Pithecopus) burmeisteri'' (Lutz, 1950) *''Pithecopus burmeisteri burmeisteri'' (Lutz, 1966) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''Burmeister's frog''' or the '''common walking leaf frog''' (''Phyllomedusa burmeisteri'') is a [[frog]] that lives in eastern [[Brazil]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |title=''Pithecopus burmeisteri'' (Boulenger, 1882) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Phyllomedusidae/Phyllomedusa/Phyllomedusa-burmeisteri}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/645 |title=Burmeister's Frog: ''Phyllomedusa burmeisteri'' |access-date=September 1, 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/55844/172209608 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title= Pithecopus burmeisteri |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |author2= Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna |year=2023 |accessdate=January 26, 2024 |id= 55844 |page=e.T55844A172209608 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55844A172209608.en}}</ref> This frog lives in forests on the Atlantic side of the country. People have seen it sitting on plants near water that does not flow. The female frog leaves her eggs in nests that she makes out of leaves. The leaves are on branches high over the water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. Scientists think this frog can live in places that human beings have changed.<ref name=IUCN /> Scientists think this frog is in some danger from huma