Leptodactylus fragilis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. fragilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The white-lipped frog, American white-lipped frog, Mexican white-lipped frog, white-lipped foamfrog, Cope's white-lipped frog, Middle American white-lipped frog, white-jawed frog, white-jawed robber frog, or white-lipped thin-toed frog (Leptodactylus fragilis) is a frog. It lives in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, and Texas in the United States. Human beings also brought it to Cuba and Colombia.[2][3][1]
Home
These frogs are awake at night and live on the ground. People see them in grassy places, and in forests, near marshes, ponds, and bodies of water that dry up and on farms. This frog hides under rocks and in holes that it digs. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 1530 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists saw the frog in many protected places.[1]
Young
The frog makes a nest out of bubbles for its eggs. The larvae stay in the middle of the foam nest until it rains. The rainwater helps them go into pools of water, where they swim and grow.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, for example Texas, human beings use chemicals that can hurt the frogs.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "American White-lipped Frog: Leptodactylus fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T57127A53968644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T57127A53968644.en. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
- ↑ Michelle S. Koo (April 27, 2021). Michelle S. Koo (ed.). "Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 13, 2025.