Phyllodytes megatympanum

Phyllodytes megatympanum is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Phyllodytes megatympanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. megatympanum
Binomial name
Phyllodytes megatympanum
Marciano, Lantyer-Silva, and Solé, 2017

The skin of the frog's dorsum is light brown with yellow coloration around the groin. This frog has a large, visible tympanum.[3]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Phyllodytes megatympanum Marciano, Lantyer-Silva, and Solé, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  2. "Phyllodytes megatympanum". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  3. Euvaldo Marciano Jr; Amanda Santiago F Lantyer-Silva; Mirco Solé (2017). "A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4238 (1): 135–142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.11. PMID 28264274.


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