Leptodactylus jolyi

Leptodactylus jolyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. jolyi
Binomial name
Leptodactylus jolyi
Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima and Bokermann, 1978
  • Leptodactylus sertanejo Giaretta and Costa, 2007

Joly's frog or Joly's foam frog (Leptodactylus jolyi) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog lives in cerrado, caatinga, and Atlantic forest places and in grassy places. Scientists have seen the frog between 750 and 900 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen the frog in some protected places: APA Corumbatai, Botucatu e Tejupa Perimetro Corumbatai, APA da Bacia Hidrografica do Rio do Machado, APA do Rio Sucuriu-Paraiso, APA Sul Rmbh, ESEC de Itirapina, PARES do Itacolomi, PARNA da Serra da Bodoquena, and PARNA da Serra do Cipó.[1]

Young

The female frog lays eggs in ponds that dry up for part of the year.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, the frogs are in some danger when human beings change the places where the frogs live places for cows to eat grass and places for visitors. Climate change can also hurt this frog.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2022). "Joly's Frog: Leptodactylus jolyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T57134A172225081. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus notoaktites Sazima and Bokermann, 1978". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima & Bokermann, 1978". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 11, 2025.