Leptodactylus peritoaktites
| Leptodactylus peritoaktites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. peritoaktites |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus peritoaktites Heyer, 2005 | |
The coastal dweller thin-toed frog, coastal Ecuador smoky jungle frog, or rana dedilarga de la costa (Leptodactylus peritoaktites) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador.[2][3][1]
Body
The adult male frog is 124.0 to 146.3 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 115.3-133.1 mm long. This frog has a large, strong body. The skin of the frog's back is brown with two sideways stripes. The upper lip has dark marks on it, one of which can reach each eye. The eardrums and sides of the body are dark brown. The front legs have dark stripes across them. The belly is brown with cream-white spots on it.[3][4]
Name
Scientists named the frog peritoaktites from the Greek words peritos for "west" and aktites for "lives next to the sea or ocean."[4]
Home
Scientists saw the frog in rainforests in western Ecuador. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 600 meters above sea level.[4][1]
Scientists saw the frog inside some protected places: Bosque Protector la Perla, Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve, and the Reserva Jama-Coaque.[1]
People
Human beings sometimes catch this frog to eat it.[1]
Young
Scientists think this frog has young in streams.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out. People cut down most of the forest where it lives to get wood to build with and make farms.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2022). "Coastal Ecuador Smoky Jungle Frog: Leptodactylus peritoaktites". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T136080A98658039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T136080A98658039.en. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus peritoaktites Heyer, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- 1 2 Morley Read; Andrea Varela-Jaramillo; Santiago Ron; Gabriela Pazmiño-Armijos (September 26, 2022). Santiago Ron (ed.). "Leptodactylus peritoaktites Heyer, 2005". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Heyer WR (2005). "Variation and taxonomic clarification of the large species of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus species group (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Middle America, Northern South America, and Amazonia". Arquivos de Zoologia (Full text). 37: 269–348. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v37i3p269-348. Retrieved January 5, 2026.