Hydrolaetare schmidti
| Hydrolaetare schmidti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Hydrolaetare |
| Species: | H. schmidti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolaetare schmidti (Cochran and Goin, 1959) | |
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Schmidt's forest frog (Hydrolaetare schmidti) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Peru.[2][3][1]
Home
This frog lives in marshes, swamps, and forests that have flooded. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 600 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists have seen these frogs in protected places.[1]
Young
The male frog sits in hole full of water and calls to the female frogs. Scientists are not sure how the tadpoles grow, but they think they swim in water.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not some danger of dying out. In some places, the frogs are in some danger from fires, farms, people cutting down trees for wood, and people letting animals eat grass in its home.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Schmidt's Forest Frog: Hydrolaetare schmidti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T57084A85890438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57084A85890438.en. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hydrolaetare schmidti (Cochran and Goin, 1959)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Hydrolaetare schmidti (Cochran & Goin, 1959)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 20, 2026.