Leptodactylus payaya
| Leptodactylus payaya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. payaya |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus payaya Magalhães, Lyra, Carvalho, Baldo, Brusquetti, Burella, Colli, Gehara, Giaretta, Haddad, Langone, López, Napoli, Santana, de Sá, and Garda, 2020 | |
Body
The adult male frog is 58.5-96.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 72.6 to 93.6 mm long.[3]
Home
Scientists saw the frog in and near the Chapada Diamantina mountains[3] in grassy places. Scientists saw the frog 467 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists have seen this frog inside protected places, for example Parque Nacional Chapada da Diamantina.[1]
Young
The frog has young in bodies of water that dry up for part of the year. The female frog puts her eggs in a nest out of bubbles.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Leptodactylus payaya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T194294843A195970198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T194294843A195970198.en. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus payaya Magalhães, Lyra, Carvalho, Baldo, Brusquetti, Burella, Colli, Gehara, Giaretta, Haddad, Langone, López, Napoli, Santana, de Sá, and Garda, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Felipe de Medeiros Magalhães; Mariana Lyra; Thiago Ribeiro De Carvalho; Diego Baldo (2020). "Taxonomic Review of South American Butter Frogs: Phylogeny, Geographic Patterns, and Species Delimitation in the Leptodactylus latrans Species Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae)". Herpetological Monographs. 34 (1): 131–177. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00012. Retrieved January 12, 2026.