''Phyllodytes edelmoi'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It has been observed as high as 650 meters above sea level. This frog has been observed in forests and rocky ground near cliffs and on mountains. Scientists have seen it in terrestrial and

bromeliad The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a Family (biology), family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the Tropics, tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and on ...

plants growing on trees. The female frog lays eggs in the small pools of water that collect in the leaves of the bromeliads, where the tadpoles later hatch and swim. Scientists believe it might also live in bromeliads in people's gardens but this has not been confirmed. This frog is not in endangered, which scientists say may be attributable to its ability to live in disturbed habitats.

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Phyllodytes Endemic frogs of Brazil Amphibians described in 2003 Taxa named by Ulisses Caramaschi Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Hylinae-stub