Proceratophrys melanopogon

Proceratophrys melanopogon is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body

The adult male frog is 34.9-49.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 40.7-62.1 mm long. There is no webbed skin on the front feet.

Other frogs
Scientists used to think that this frog was the same as Proceratophrys appendiculata, but they are two different species.

Home
This frog lives in forests in southeastern Brazil.  Scientists only swa it in forests that were never cut down and in forests that are growing back for a long time. It lives in the dead leaves on the ground. Scientists saw the frog between 800 and 1480 meters above sea level.

Scientists saw the frog in protected places: Area Natural Tombada Serra do Mar e de Paranapiacaba, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, and Parque Estadual dos Três Picos.

Young
This frog has many young in a short time after heavy rain. It has young in streams where the water moves slowly and clay, sand, and gravel on the bottom. The tadpole has wide stripes on the muscles of its tail.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives by cutting down too many trees to get wood to build with and to make towns, places for animals to eat grass, tree farms, and other farms. But now, most of the frog's home is in protected parks.

References

Category:Frogs of South America