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Phyllomedusa ayeaye
Critically endangered species. Help please, make it famous! This species is known from Morro do Ferro (type locality), in the municipality of Poços de Caldas, state of Minas Gerais, and from Parque Estadual das Furnas do Bom Jesus, in the municipality of Pedregulho, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The taxonomic status of the population at Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, in the municipality of São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais, requires assessment. It is found between 647-1540m asl.
This species has been found in transition zones between typical cerrado and secondary semideciduous forest. It occurs in open areas on shrubs near pools. The egg clutch is deposited on leaves above permanent flowing water, and when hatched the tadpoles fall into streams below.
Spotted on Dec 22, 2009
Submitted on Aug 6, 2013
20 Comments
What a wonderful little bright fellow Thank- you Daniel
Congratulations !
Oh.. I am beginning to feel really sad!! I just saw that your spotting is from Dec 22, 2009 and the IUCN, Red list of Threatened Species, place the Monkey frog, Phyllomedusa ayeaye in the list in 2010 but it was Assessed in 2009-01-05, I am just hoping "your" was not the last sighting. : (
P.S.: We had the same misfortune here in Costa Rica when our beloved "Golden Toad" got extinct due to disease... : (
Congratulations! Great photo and frog. WOW! Very cool!
That beautiful Monkey Frog, deserve to live in our planet for many years, thank you for sharing, DanielVelho
Amazing photo of an amazing frog! Congrats to you on SOTD!
Congrats! Beautiful spotting!
Parabéns, Daniel. Além de ser uma foto excelente, o fato de ele/a estar ameaçada trás um valor extra. Tenho acompanhado suas fotos aqui no PN, são excelentes mesmo. Espero que você continue conosco por muito tempo ainda - assim como essa linda "perereca".
congrats! nice series...
Gorgeous frog! Congratulations on SOTD!
Actually Daniel, if you really would like to make it famous, it would be an honor if I could feature it in my environmental conservation group on facebook www.facebook.com/Wild.Expectations.Conse.... I also think I know someone from Save the frogs www.savethefrogs.com who would be very interested in this sighting!
Top of the line. Truly extraordinary, congratulations.
Congratulations !!
Wonderful spotting !! Congratulations !!
Wonderful! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Congrats Daniel, beautiful frog and photograph!
Daniel, congratulations on earning another well-deserved Spotting of the Day! Thank you for giving us a glimpse of this critically endangered amphibian. It is a true beauty and one that I hope will be around for many generations to come.
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Superb! Spotting and the image :)
Excellent spotting and super photo Daniel. Thanks for this one.
Grande achado, Daniel. Parabéns!!!