Callimedusa atelopoides

The toady leaf frog or terrestrial monkey frog (Calllimedusa atelopoides) is a frog that lives in Bolivia and Peru, but scientists think it may one day live in Colombia and Ecuador too.[3][1]

Callimedusa atelopoides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Callimedusa
Species:
C. atelopoides
Binomial name
Callimedusa atelopoides
(Duellman, Cadle, and Cannatella, 1988)
Synonyms[3]
  • Phyllomedusa atelopoides (Duellman, Cadle, and Cannatella, 1988)
  • Callimedusa atelopoides (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

Unlike most tree frogs, this frog does not live in the water at all when it is an adult. It is brown in color and lives in trees.[1]

The adult male frog is 37.4 mm (1.47 in) cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 44.6 mm (1.76 in) long. It is green with orange color on its sides and legs. The irises of its eyes are silver or gray.[1]

The male frog sounds like "wort" when he sings for the female frog. When it is time to lay eggs, the female frog lays 20 eggs at a time on a leaf and then folds the leaf around the eggs. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall out of the nest into the water.[1]

References
  1. Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). "Calllimedusa atelopoides". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. Ariadne Angulo; Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Steffen Reichle (2016). "Toady Leaf Frog: Callimedusa atelopoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55838A107284706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55838A107284706.en. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  3. "Callimedusa atelopoides (Duellman, Cadle, and Cannatella, 1988)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 26, 2021.


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