Phyllomedusa tarsius (Cope, 1868)

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Phyllomedusa tarsius, the brownbelly leaf frog or tarsier leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, and possibly Bolivia and Guyana. This frog has been observed as high as 800 meters above sea level. The adult male frog measures 82 mm (3.2 in) to 90 mm (3.5 in) in snout-vent length. The adult female frog measures 110 mm. The skin of the dorsum is green and some of the toes are brown and white. The belly is white and orange in color, and the throat is white. Their eyes are a mixture of orange, red, and black in color. This frog is arboreal and nocturnal. Male frogs perch on tall plants near ponds and sing for females. The females lay 200–500 eggs per clutch in nests that they form out of leaves overhanging ponds. The female puts a jellylike substance on the eggs to prevent desiccation. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall out of the nest into the water below.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Phyllomedusa tarsius (Cope, 1868)

Name authority

(Cope, 1868)

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Phyllomedusidae

Genus

Phyllomedusa

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAmphibia
9. orderAnura
10. familyPhyllomedusidae Günther, 1858
11. genusPhyllomedusa Wagler, 1830
12. speciesPhyllomedusa tarsius (Cope, 1868)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Phyllomedusa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 59 records assigned to Phyllomedusidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=208164 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4H7SJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.