Pleurodema bufoninum

Pleurodema bufoninum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Pleurodema
Species:
P. bufoninium
Binomial name
Pleurodema bufoninium
Bell, 1843
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleurodema bufonina Bell, 1843
  • Leiuperus salarius Bell, 1843
  • Pleurodema bufonium Bell, 1843
  • Paludicola bufonia Boulenger, 1882
  • Paludicola bufonina Burmeister, 1891
  • Pleurodema bufonia Gorham, 1966
  • Pleurodema bufoninum Duellman, 1993

The gray four-eyed frog or large four-eyed frog (Pleurodema bufoninum) is a frog. It lives in Patagonia, which is part in Argentina and part in Chile.[2][3][1]

Home

People see this frog under rocks and near plants in grassy places. It can live in places where it is too hard for other frogs to live. It is good at living in places that people have changed. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 2,440 m (0 and 8,005 ft) above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen the frog in protected places.[1]

Young

This frog has young at the edges of pools that are not there all year. The tadpoles swim in the water. Scientists have seen the eggs and tadpoles.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Marbled Four-eyed Frog: Pleurodema bufoninum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T57284A79813107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T57284A79813107.en. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Pleurodema bufoninum Bell, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Pleurodema bufoninum Bell, 1843". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 28, 2026.