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Nyctimantis arapapa

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Species of amphibian

Nyctimantis arapapa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Nyctimantis
Species: N. arapapa
Binomial name
Nyctimantis arapapa
(Pimenta, Napoli, and Haddad, 2009)
Synonyms
  • Asparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli, and Haddad, 2009

Nyctimantis arapapa, also known as Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog, is a species of frog endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil. The frogs of the genus Nyctimantis are distinguished by a bony plate on top of their heads, referred to as "casque-headed". Casque-headed frogs are characterized by their phragmotic behavior. N. arapapa is further characterized by the long bill-shaped "snout" they possess, similar to that of Triprion petasatus, a head longer than it is wide, and their small size (male snout-vent length 57.4–58.1 mm). This species, and all species of Nyctimantis, use their unique head shape to seal off the leaves of bromeliads, the plant they inhabit solely. This has two known purposes: warding off predators from the frog as well as their young (the male performs this action), and trapping moisture.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli, and Haddad, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. S., Pimenta, Bruno V.; Felgueiras, Napoli, Marcelo & B., Haddad, Célio F. (2009). "A new species of casque-headed tree frog, genus Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae), from the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil". Zootaxa. 2123: 46–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2123.1.2. hdl:11449/21277.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Lantyer-Silva, Amanda S. F.; Solé, Mirco; Zina, Juliana; Lantyer-Silva, Amanda S. F.; Solé, Mirco & Zina, Juliana (June 2014). "Reproductive biology of a bromeligenous frog endemic to the Atlantic Forest: Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli and Haddad, 2009 (Anura: Hylidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (2): 867–880. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201420130521. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 30514014.
Taxon identifiers
Aparasphenodon arapapa
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