The Giant leaf frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) is a hylidfrog native to the Amazon Rainforest, specially in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. This species is now jeopardized by biopiracy because it produce a waxy secretion that have medicinal uses against AIDS and cancer diseases. The Houston Zoo is a zoo located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ... Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. ... Distribution of Hylidae (in black) Genera See text. ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Genera see Text Tree frog, in zoology, any individual of the family Hylidae. ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... Map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Bioprospecting. ... This article is about the syndrome. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...
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Azevedo-Ramos, C. & La Marca, E. (2004). Phyllomedusa bicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on February 11, 2007. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is least concern and the criteria used
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