What is Phyllomedusa?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Makifrosch-59.jpg |image_caption = [[Phyllomedusa sauvagii|Waxy monkey leaf frog]] (''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'') |taxon = Phyllomedusa |authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = ''See text'' }} '''''Phyllomedusa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[tree frog]]s in the family [[Phyllomedusidae]]. These frogs live in tropical and subtropical South America and [[Panama]]. There are 16 species in this genus.<ref name=ASW6>{{BioRef|ASW6 |genus=Phyllomedusa|year=2020 |access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> ==Secretion== Some ''Phyllomedusa'' frogs make a waxy substance that stops water from leaving their bodies through their skins. If the frogs begin to dry out, they spread the waxy substance over their skin.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806131467|last=Caldwell|first=Janalee P.|editor-last=Mares|editor-first=Michael A.|title=Encyclopedia of Deserts|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediadese00mare|year=1999|chapter=Animal adaptations|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediadese00mare/page/n55 24]–27}}</ref> ==Reproduction== These frogs put their eggs on leaves above water. They put jelly next to the eggs. Then the frogs fold the leaves around the eggs with their legs. The jelly acts as a [[plug]] so the eggs do not fall out. When the [[tadpole]]s hatch, the jelly turns to liquid and the tadpoles fall through into the water below. ==Scientific classification== [[File:Perereca (Phyllomedusa tetraploidea).jpg|thumb|''Phyllomedusa tetraploidea'']] [[File:Phyllomedusa venusta01a.jpg|thumb|''Phyllomedusa venusta'']] Most of these species are in ''Phyllomedusa'',<ref name=ASW6/> but some scientists say some of these frogs should be in ''[[Pithecopus]]'' instead. * ''[[Phyllomedusa azurea]]'' (in ''Pithecopus'') * ''[[Phyllomedusa bahiana]]'' * ''[[Phyllomedusa bicolor]]'', giant leaf frog * ''[[Phyllomedusa boliviana]]'' * ''[[Phyllomedusa burmeisteri]]'', Burmeister's leaf frog * ''[[Phyllome