Callimedusa baltea

Callimedusa baltea
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1][2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Phyllomedusidae
Genus:	Callimedusa
Species:	C. baltea
Binomial name
Callimedusa baltea (Duellman and Toft, 1979)
Synonyms[3]
Phyllomedusa baltea (Duellman and Toft, 1979) Callimedusa baltea (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The purple-sided leaf frog (Calllimedusa baltea) is a frog that lives in Peru. Scientists have seen it between 1280 and 1500 meters above sea level.^[3][1][2]

This frog lives in cloud forests. The female frog lays eggs in pools that dry up for part of the year.^[2]

This frog is in danger of dying out because human beings cut down the forests to get wood, to dig good rocks out of the ground, to raise cows, to grow coca plants, and to grow food to eat. Scientists think some of this even happens in one of the protected parts where the frog lives, Reserva Comunal El Sira. In other places, the ground is too steep for human beings to cut the trees.^[2]

References

1. "Calllimedusa baltea". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Purple-sided Leaf Frog: Callimedusa baltea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55840A89204452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55840A89204452.en. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
3. Frost, Darrel R. "Calllimedusa baltea (Duellman and Toft, 1979)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 27, 2021.