Pithecopus araguaius

Pithecopus araguaius is a frog that lives in Mato Grasso, Brazil.[1][2]

Pithecopus araguaius
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Species:
P. araguaius
Binomial name
Pithecopus araguaius
(Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phyllomedusa araguaius (Brandão, 2002)
  • Phyllomedusa araguaius (Giaretta, Oliveira, and Kokubum, 2007)
  • Pithecopus araguaius (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

One sample frog was about 30 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the back and backs of the legs are green in color. This frog has a green stripe on each hind leg and a dark stripe on each side. There is orange color on the front legs and inner parts of the hind legs. Parts of the lips are white in color.[3]

Scientists named this frog araguaius after the Araguaia River. The frogs live near this river.[3]

References
  1. "Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  2. "Pithecopus araguaius". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  3. Isabelle Aquemi Haga; Felipe Silva de Andrade; Daniel Pacheco Bruschi; Shirlei Maria Recco-Pimentel; Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta (September 27, 2017). "Unrevealing the leaf frogs Cerrado diversity: A new species of Pithecopus (Anura, Arboranae, Phyllomedusidae) from the Mato Grosso state, Brazil". PLoSONE (Full text). 12 (9): e0184631. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184631. PMC 5617161. PMID 28953911.
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