Bahia heart-tongued frog

The Bahia heart-tongued frog (Phyllodytes melanomystax) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Bahia heart-tongued frog

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Species:
P. melanomystax
Binomial name
Phyllodytes melanomystax
(Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992)

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