Adenomera nana

Adenomera nana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Adenomera
Species:
A. nana
Binomial name
Adenomera nana
(Müller, 1922)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptodactylus nanus Müller, 1922
  • Leptodactylus (Parvulus) nanus Lutz, 1930
  • Adenomera nana Kwet, 2007

The Santa Catarina tropical bullfrog (Adenomera nana) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog lives in Atlantic forests, and people have also seen it in towns and gardens. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 950 m (0 and 3,117 ft) meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen these frogs in protected places.[1]

Young

The female frog puts her eggs in a nest made out of bubbles in a hole underground. The young hatch out of their eggs as small frogs. They never swim as tadpoles.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not some danger of dying out.[1]

Paper

  • Kwet, A. (2007). "Bioacoustic variation in the genus Adenomera in southern Brazil, with revalidation of Leptodactylus nanusMüller, 1922 (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution". Reihe (Abstract). 83: 56–68. doi:10.1002/mmnz.200600027. Retrieved January 27, 2026.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Dark-spotted Thin-toed Frog Adenomera nana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T136001A172237764. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T136001A172237764.en. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Adenomera nana Müller, 1922". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Adenomera nana (Müller, 1922)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 27, 2026.