Leptodactylus leptodactyloides

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. leptodactyloides
Binomial name
Leptodactylus leptodactyloides
(Andersson, 1945)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eleutherodactylus leptodactyloides Andersson, 1945
  • Leptodactylus leptodactyloides Heyet, 1994

The common thin-toed frog, thin-toed frog, or rana dedilarga (Leptodactylus leptodactyloides) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador], and Peru.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog lives in Amazonia placess. People see it in grassy places, the edges of forests, forests that were never cut down, and forests that are growing back. This frog can live in places that human beings have changed, and people see it in gardens and on farms. Scientists have seen the frog between 15 and 400 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists saw the frog in protected places.[1]

Young

This frog makes a nest out of bubbles for its eggs. The female frog takes care of the young. She will dig a way for them to swim from one body of water to another.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, the frog is in some danger when people change the places where the frog lives.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Common Thin-Toed Frog: Leptodactylus leptodactyloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T57140A85886282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57140A85886282.en. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 3, 2025.