Leptodactylus troglodytes

Leptodactylus troglodytes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. troglodytes
Binomial name
Leptodactylus troglodytes
Lutz, 1926
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptodactylus troglodytes Lutz, 1926
  • Leptodactylus (Cavicola) troglodytes Lutz, 1930

The Pernambuco white-lipped frog (Leptodactylus troglodytes) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Home

The adult frogs live in Amazônia, Cerrado, Caatinga, and Atlantic forest places. full of water and in forests and the edges of forests. This frog can live in places that human beings have changed.[1]

Scientists saw the frog in many protected places.[1]

Young

This frog makes a nest out of bubbles for its eggs on the ground near water. The tadpoles swim in the water.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. The frogs might be in some danger when human beings change the places where the frogs live to make farms and places for animals to eat grass.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2022). "Pernambuco White-lipped Frog: Leptodactylus troglodytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T57171A172225529. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus troglodytes Lutz, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Leptodactylus troglodytes Lutz, 1926". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 29, 2025.