Dendropsophus bromeliaceus

Dendropsophus bromeliaceus, or Teresensis' bromeliad frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil. Scientists have only seen it in the mountains in the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi.[1][2]\

Dendropsophus bromeliaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Dendropsophus
Species:	D. bromeliaceus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus bromeliaceus Ferreira, Faivovich, Beard, and Pombal, 2015

The adult male frog measures 16.1–18.4 mm long in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is light brown in color with a wide, cream-colored dorsolateral stretching from behind the eye to the inguinal region. There is another stripe in the middle of the back. There is a triangular mark on the face. The hind legs are cream in color and the front legs and belly are gray. The iris of the eye is black in color.[3]

This is the only frog in Dendropsophus whose tadpole swims in rainwater. Instead of laying eggs in a stream or pond, the female finds a place where rainwater has collected in the leaves of bromeliad plants.[3]

Scientists think this frog might be territorial and that male frogs might be involve din tadpole care.[3]

Scientists named this frog Teresensis referring to the demonym for a person born in the municipality of Santa Teresa. They gave it the scientific name bromeliaceus' after the bromeliad plants where it lays its eggs.