Hylodes heyeri

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| image = Hylodes heyeri.jpg

| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Magno Vicente Segalla, Dante Pavan |date=2004 |title=Hylodes heyeri |volume=2004 |page=e.T57091A11569126 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57091A11569126.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Hylodes heyeri

| authority = Haddad, Pombal & Bastos, 1996

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Hylodes heyeri is a species of frog in the family Hylodidae.

It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, rivers, and subterranean habitats (other than caves) on the Atlantic side of the country.{{BioRef|ASW6

|title=Hylodes heyeri Haddad, Pombal, and Bastos, 1996

|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae/Hylodes/Hylodes-heyeri

|access-date=October 27, 2023}}{{BioRef|amphibiaweb

|title= Hylodes heyeri Haddad, Pombal & Bastos, 1996

|author1= Raul E. Diaz

|editor1= Tate Tunstall

|date=June 4, 2004

|language=

|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/3463

|access-date=October 27, 2023}}

It is threatened by habitat loss.

This frog has smooth skin and light stripes. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color. Not all individuals have tubercles.

Scientists named this frog after Ron Heyer, who contributed to the sum of knowledge of Brazilian amphibians.

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