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Monocotyledons such as onion, oat and maize may have about the same number of stomata on both leaf surfaces. [2]: 5 In plants with floating leaves, stomata may be found only on the upper epidermis and submerged leaves may lack stomata entirely. Most tree species have stomata only on the lower leaf surface. [3]
Phyllomedusa burmeisteri, also known as Burmeister's leaf frog and common walking leaf frog, is a species of frog native to the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Description
Phyllomedusinae is a subfamily of hylid tree frogs found in the Neotropics commonly called leaf frogs. Formerly, they were often considered as their own family, Phyllomedusidae . The subfamily is considered to be the sister group to the Australian treefrogs ( Pelodryadinae ), a subfamily of frogs known from Australia and New Guinea , despite ...
Species of the genus Phyllomedusa 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.
Phyllomedusa bicolor, the giant leaf frog, bicolor tree-frog, giant monkey frog, [2] or waxy-monkey treefrog, [3] is a species of leaf frog.It can be found in the Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia (), Bolivia, and Peru, and can also be found in the Guianan Region of Venezuela and the Guianas, and in Cerrado of the state of Maranhão in Brazil.
Cruziohyla calcarifer, the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a species of tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae described in 1902 by George Albert Boulenger. It has a distribution from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuador, through western Colombia and Panama to the most southerly part of Costa Rica.
Agalychnis lemur, the lemur leaf frog or lemur frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and adjacent northwestern Colombia. [ 3 ] It is classed as Critically Endangered and threatened by the fungal disease chytridiomycosis .
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. [2] [3] This frog has been observed as high as 800 meters above sea level. [1]