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iPhyllomedusa
Image:Makifrosch-59.jpg Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii)
Conservation status
Secure </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Lissamphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae Genus: Phyllomedusa Wagler, 1830
Species
See text.

Phyllomedusa is a genus of leaf frog from Central and South America. It ranges from Costa Rica southward to Argentina. It has around thirty species.

Some Phyllomedusa species produce a waxy secretion that reduces the evaporative water loss of their bodies, thus keeping them from drying out. Some indigenous groups from South America use the secretions of Phyllomedusa bicolor also called Giant Leaf Frog, in shamanic hunting practices. The substance is said to intoxicate the indians who ingest it, causing them improve temporarily their sensorial capacities.

[edit] Scientific classification

• Family Hylidae
  • Genus Phyllomedusa
    • Phyllomedusa atelopoides
    • Phyllomedusa ayeaye
    • Phyllomedusa bahiana
    • Phyllomedusa baltea
    • Phyllomedusa bicolor, Giant Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa boliviana
    • Phyllomedusa buckleyi
    • Phyllomedusa burmeisteri, Burmeister's Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa centralis
    • Phyllomedusa coelestis
    • Phyllomedusa danieli
    • Phyllomedusa distincta
    • Phyllomedusa duellmani
    • Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana
    • Phyllomedusa hulli
    • Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis hypochondrialis, Northern Orange-Legged Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azureum, Southern Orange-Legged Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa iheringii
    • Phyllomedusa lemur, Slender Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa medinai
    • Phyllomedusa oreades
    • Phyllomedusa palliata
    • Phyllomedusa perinesos
    • Phyllomedusa psilopygion
    • Phyllomedusa rohdei
    • Phyllomedusa sauvagii, Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa tarsius, Tarsier Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa tetraploidea
    • Phyllomedusa tomopterna, Barred Leaf Frog
    • Phyllomedusa trinitatis
    • Phyllomedusa vaillantii
    • Phyllomedusa venusta

[edit] See also

• Dermaseptins from frog species Phyllomedusa oreades and P. distincta. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity without cytotoxicity to mammalian cells.[1]

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