Leptodactylus cupreus

Leptodactylus cupreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. cupreus
Binomial name
Leptodactylus cupreus
Caramaschi, Feio, and São Pedro, 2008

Leptodactylus cupreus is a frog. It lives in Venezuela.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog lives in forests. People see it near ponds with many plants that grow on of other plants. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 1700 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen these frogs in protected places: PARES da Serra do Brigadeiro, PARMU do Monte Mochuara, and RPPN Estacao Veracel.[1]

Young

The male frog sits under a plant and calls to the female frogs. The female frog puts her eggs a nest made of bubbles in a hole underground. When the rain falls and fills the hole with water, the tadpoles swim out.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not some danger of dying out. In some places, it is in some danger because people cut down many trees to make farms, tree farms, and places for animals to eat grass.[1]

First paper

  • Caramaschi U; Feio RN; Sao-Pedro VA (2008). "A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa (Abstract). 1861: 44–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1861.1.4. Retrieved January 3, 2026.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Leptodactylus cupreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T158473A172239905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T158473A172239905.en. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus caatingae Caramaschi, Feio, and São Pedro, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Leptodactylus cupreus Caramaschi, Feio, & São Pedro, 2008". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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