| Leptodactylus albilabris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. albilabris |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus albilabris (Günther, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
Cystignathus albilabrisGünther, 1859 Contents | |
Leptodactylus albilabris is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. [1] [2]
Its local name is ranita de labio blanco or sapito de labio blanco ("white-lipped froglet") and English name either Gunther's white-lipped frog or Hispaniolan ditch frog.
It is found in the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [1] [3]
The white-lipped frog is a terrestrial (living on the ground) smooth-bodied frog (not warty like a toad) which passes through a tadpole stage. The tadpoles are brown colored, reaching about 1.5 inches (38 millimeters) in length. L. albilabris can be recognized by its white upper lip (hence the name albilabris), webless fingers and toes, black streak between the eyes and the tip of the snout and between eye and shoulder. In general, adults grow to 1.4 inches (3.6 centimeters) in snout-vent length, but like other Puerto Rican frogs the body size increases with elevation and adults of a snout-vent length greater than 2.0 inches (5.1 centimeters) are not rare in the higher regions of the El Yunque National Forest. Individuals have a grayish brown background color with dorsal lines and bands of various shades of brown, cream, and reddish brown. It is white ventrally, and some males have many dark spots on the throat. Its voice is a "pink-pink-pink" sound usually heard from a muddy area. [4]
The frog's diet includes insects, millipedes and land snails. It lays terrestrial eggs, but they are laid in a foam nest on the ground, usually under a rock or log. Eggs develop into tadpoles, which are washed away by the first rains and finish their development in temporary pools, or bodies of water with low or no water movement. [4]
This frog can usually be found in muddy areas near streams, marshes and ditches. [4]
Scientists have found this frog in many protected parks: Cerro Corá National Park, Ybycuí National Park, Natural Reserve del Bosque Mbaracayú, Parque Nacional Da Serra Da Bodoquena, Área de Proteção Ambiental Lago De Peixe/Angical,Estação Ecológica De Santa Bárbara, Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorá, Instituto Florestal Estação Experimental de Mogi Guaçu, Estação Ecológica De Itirapina, Parque Estadual Do Jurupará, Área de Proteção Ambiental Lagoa De Itaparica, Estação Ecológica Dos Caetetus, Área de Proteção Ambiental da Chapada dos Guimarães, Parque Estadual Do Morro Do Diabo, Estação Ecológica De Bauru, Área de Proteção Ambiental Morro Da Pedreira, Parque Estadual Das Furnas Do Bom Jesus, Área de Proteção Ambiental Carste Da Lagoa Santa, and Área de Proteção Ambiental Pouso Alto. [1]
People farm this frog for sale as food. [1]
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