Leptodactylus fuscus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. Its local names are rã-assobiadora ("whistling frog").

Leptodactylus fuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. fuscus
Binomial name
Leptodactylus fuscus
(Schneider, 1799)

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References edit

  1. ^ Robert Reynolds, Ulisses Caramaschi, Abraham Mijares, Andrés Acosta-Galvis, Ronald Heyer, Esteban Lavilla, Jerry Hardy (2004). "Leptodactylus fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57129A11588348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57129A11588348.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)