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deposit their eggs on a leaf surface, interspersed with hydrating jelly capsules. During the mating process, the frogs fold the leaf around their batch of eggs using their limbs, with a jelly plug at the bottom of the folded leaf to prevent the eggs from falling out. At hatching, the jelly plug is
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produce a waxy secretion that reduces the evaporative water loss of their bodies. If they begin to dry out, they move their limbs over their backs, where the secretory glands are, and spread the lipid secretion over their entire skin.
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liquified, and the tadpoles drop through the previously plugged hole. These nests are made above water, so the tadpoles drop into a suitable habitat, where they begin their lives as filter feeders.
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found in tropical and subtropical South America (south to northern Argentina) and Panama. It has 16 recognised species.
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Several other species formerly included in this genus are now placed in two other
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Caldwell, Janalee P. (1999). "Animal adaptations". In Mares, Michael A. (ed.).
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venom as a vaccine by the Matses Indians, with pharmacological info
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Some indigenous groups from South America use the secretions of
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Brand GD, Leite JR, Silva LP, et al. (December 2002).
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Waxy monkey leaf frog
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Eukaryota
Animalia
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Hylidae
Phyllomedusinae
Phyllomedusa
Wagler
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tree frogs
Phyllomedusinae


Phyllomedusa bahiana

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