Engystomops pustulosus

Engystomops pustulosus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Leptodactylidae
Genus:	Engystomops
Species:	E. pustulosus
Binomial name
Engystomops pustulosus (Cope, 1864)
Synonyms[2]
Paludicola pustulosa Cope, 1864 Bufo stentor Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 Bufo (Microphryne) pustulosus Peters, 1873 Microphryne pustulosa Cope, 1875 "1876" Peralaimos stentor Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 Microphryne (Paludicola) pustulosa Sumichrast, 1880 Engystomops pustulosus Boulenger, 1882 Engystomops stentor Boulenger, 1882 Eupemphix stentor Boulenger, 1888 Eupemphix pustulosa Boulenger, 1888 Eupemphix trinitatis Boulenger, 1889 Bufo atrigularis Werner, 1899 Eupemphix ruthveni Netting, 1930 Eupemphix pustulosa trinitatis Parker, 1933 Eupemphix pustulosus trinitatis Lynn, 1959 Eupemphix pustulosus ruthveni Rivero, 1961 Physalaemus pustulosus Lynch, 1970 Bufo strigularis Gorham, 1974 Physalaemus pustulosus ruthveni Hoogmoed and Gorzula, 1979

The Tungara frog or sapito Túngara (Engystomops pustulosus) is a frog. It lives as far north as Mexico and as far south as Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana. It lives in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nicaragua.^[2][3][1]

This frog lives in forests, edges of forests, and grassy places and in places that people have changed. People see the frog near human-made ponds and puddles. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 1,540 m (0 and 5,052 ft) above sea level. Scientists have seen the frog in protected places.^[1]

These frogs have young in pools of water. The female frogs lay eggs in the same places as each other.^[1]

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. There are many protected places in its home and it is good at living in places that people have changed.^[1]