Leptodactylus vastus
| Leptodactylus vastus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. vastus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus vastus Lutz, 1930 | |
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The northeastern pepper frog (Leptodactylus vastus) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[1][2][3]
Home
The adult frogs live in Cerrado and Caatinga places and in and near ponds and other bodies of water. Scientists have seen the frog between 153 and 537 meters above sea level.[3]
Scientists saw the frog in protected places.[3]
Young
This frog makes a nest out of bubbles for its eggs on the ground near water. The tadpoles swim in the water.[3]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out.[3]
First paper
- 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. 37: 269–348.
References
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptodactylus troglodytes Lutz, 1930". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ↑ Michelle S. Koo, ed. (June 4, 2023). "Leptodactylus vastus Lutz, 1930". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Northern Pepper Frog: Leptodactylus troglodytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T136081A135567896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T136081A135567896.en. Retrieved December 1, 2025.