Burmeister's phyllomedusa is a tree frog from South America. It lives in trees, camouflages well as leaves, and moves along them with a step thanks to its grasping limbs.
Burmeister's phyllomedusa differs from other frogs in its ability to walk on leaves and a special way of guarding eggs in folded leaves. It is important for the forest because it eats a lot of insects and serves as food for snakes and birds.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
Tail size
birth time
ambush
Hot winter with almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Forelimbs color
very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
days
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
Hindlimbs size
Hindlimbs count
adult
Maturity
forest canopy
plant
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
insects
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
results
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Egg clutch color
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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hot, rains in summer, little precipitation in winter
sticky tongue
little precipitation in winter, more in summer
Trophic type
Filters
Tail count
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
standing fresh waters — lakes, ponds, oxbow lakes
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
tongue
rains almost always, very humid
Age (from birth to death)
Hot, little precipitation in winter
Wanderers
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Warm summer and frequent rains
small invertebrates without further specification
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
young after fast growth
Regeneration
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
summer warm, rains frequent
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
hot, there is a dry season, trees shed their leaves
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
swampy freshwater biotopes — peat bogs, marshes, river mangroves
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Tropical dry broadleaf forest
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
Tail color
Forages on tree limbs or woody stems within vegetation.
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
all rivers and lakes
Low precipitation in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Elders
Protrusible tongue coated with adhesive mucus for capturing prey.
small invertebrates
Bro
lakes and ponds
freshwater marsh and wetlands
Taxons
carnivore
rivers and streams
if born as {name}
Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
no permanent shelter
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
climbing
Neotropical realm
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
catching with tongue from branches
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
Forelimbs size
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
winter dry and very warm
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
Always hot
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Eyes color
On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
Skin color
Gills size
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Forelimbs count
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
branch
Gills color
Freshwater
Egg clutch count
Duration
live insects
Always hot and wet
This is me
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
freshwater
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
terrestrial
Hindlimbs color
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
flowing fresh waters — rivers, streams, mountain torrents
Daddies
Gills count
Lifespan maximum
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Strawberry
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
embryo
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
arboreal
Observations
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