Pithecopus rohdei, also known as Rohde's leaf frog, Rohde's frog, and Mertens' leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. The species was previously placed in the genus Phyllomedusa. The species is endemic to southeastern Brazil and occurs at elevations up to 1000 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus |
| Species: | P. rohdei
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| Pithecopus rohdei Mertens, 1926
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, rivers, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.[1]
The species is common, adaptable, and is not considered threatened.[1] It is an opportunistic sit-and-wait predator and preys on spiders, larval butterflies, moths and orthopterans.[4] P. rodhei is able to consume larger prey compared to smaller hylid tree frogs such as Dendropsophus branneri, like due to a larger mouth size.[5] The primary mating season is December to March, however mating at other times have also been reported. Clutches are laid in leaf-made nests on water and eggs fall in underlying streams.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Rohde's Leaf Frog: Pithecopus rohdei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55862A172209853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55862A172209853.en. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.
- ^ J. Edson; P. Lima; D. Rödder; M. Solé (June 2010). "Diet of two sympatric Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae) species from a cacao plantation in southern Bahia, Brazil". North-Western Journal of Zoology. 6 (1): 13–24. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via researchgate.net.
- ^ Lima, Jonatha Edson de Paula (June 1, 2010). "Diet of two sympatric Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae) species from a cacao plantation in southern Bahia, Brazil". North-Western Journal of Zoology. 6 (1): 13–24 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (2016). "Pithecopus rohdei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T55862A107300162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T55862A107300162.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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