Jordan Button Frog

Phantasmarana jordanensis

Heyer, 1983

Family: Hylodidae
Order: Anura
Class: Amphibia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Megaelosia jordanensis.

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Description

Phantasmarana jordanensis is a species of frog in the family Hylodidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and only known from its type locality, Campos do Jordão in the São Paulo state.
Its natural habitat is forest at 1700 m asl.

Tadpoles are large, measuring up to 107 mm in total length, of which the tail makes about two thirds.

It was formerly placed in the genus Megaelosia, but was reclassified to Phantasmarana in 2021.

Source: Wikipedia, article Phantasmarana jordanensis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.