Bahia heart-tongued frog

Bahia heart-tongued frog
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

The Bahia heart-tongued frog, Phyllodytes melanomystax, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family 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.

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