Callimedusa tomopterna

Callimedusa tomopterna
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Phyllomedusidae
Genus:	Callimedusa
Species:	C. tomopterna
Binomial name
Callimedusa tomopterna (Cope, 1868)
Synonyms[2]
Pithecopus tomopternus (Cope, 1868) Phyllomedusa tomopterna (Boulenger, 1882) Phyllomedusa (Pithecopus) tomopterna (Lutz, 1950) Pithecopus tomopterna (Lutz, 1950) Callimedusa tomopterna (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The tiger-striped leaf frog or tiger-striped monkey frog (Calllimedusa tomopterna) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, and Ecuador, and it is most common in Suriname.^[2] Scientists have seen it up in the mountains, between 280 and 1000 meters above sea level.^[3]

The adult male frog is 44 mm (1.7 in) to 54 mm (2.1 in) long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 60 mm (2.4 in) long. It is green with orange color on its sides and legs. The irises of its eyes are silver or gray.^[3]

This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. When it is time to lay eggs, the adult frog builds a nest out of leaves on a branch hanging over the water. She puts 70 clear eggs at a time in the leaf nest. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall out of the nest into the water.^[3]

Scientists do not believe this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place.^[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Tiger-striped Leaf Frog: Callimedusa tomopterna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55866A61406672. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55866A61406672.en. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
2. Frost, Darrel R. "Calllimedusa tomopterna (Cope, 1868)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
3. Albertina P. Lima; William E. Magnusson; Marcelo Menin; Luciana K. Erdtmann; Domingos J. Rodrigues; Claudia Keller; Walter Hödl (November 27, 2007). "Calllimedusa tomopterna". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 25, 2021.