Cruziohyla craspedopus
The fringed leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 50 and 600 meters above sea level. It lives in primary forest.[3][1]
| Cruziohyla craspedopus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Cruziohyla |
| Species: | C. craspedopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cruziohyla craspedopus (Boulenger, 1902) | |
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Appearance
This is a large frog with green skin and pale spots. It has yellow color on its legs and sides. There are brown bars vertically down its sides.[1]
The adult male frog is 55 to 57 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 69 to 73 mm long.[1]
Eggs and tadpoles
Unlike other leaf frogs, the female fringed leaf frog puts her eggs right in the water, about 14 to 21 eggs at a time. Scientists once saw adult frogs moving their eggs from the water to a mass of roots hanging over the water.[1]
People have seen the tadpoles in very small pools of water: For example, in the hollows of trees or in large puddles where larger animals have wallowed in the mud.[1]
References
- Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (September 7, 2011). "Cruziohyla craspedopus" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- Angulo, A.; Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S.R.; Hoogmoed, M.; Castro, F.; Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Icochea M., J. (2016). "Fringed Leaf Frog: Cruziohyla craspedopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55291A86444116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55291A11275223.en. Retrieved October 30, 2021.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |url= mismatch (help)
- "Cruziohyla craspedopus (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
