Leptodactylus bolivianus

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Leptodactylus bolivianus
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In Acre, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. bolivianus
Binomial name
Leptodactylus bolivianus
Boulenger, 1898
Synonyms

Leptodactylus insularumBarbour, 1906

Leptodactylus bolivianus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. Its local name is sapo-rana boliviano ("Bolivian toad-frog"). It is found in the western to central regions of the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. [2]

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In Bolivia

L. insularum and L. guianensis were once thought to be the same species as L. bolivianus. [2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, aquaculture ponds, sewage treatment areas, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

  1. Solís, F.; Ibáñez, R.; Chaves, G.; Savage, J.; Jaramillo, C.; Fuenmayor, Q.; Reynolds, R.; Caramaschi, U.; Mijares, A.; Acosta-Galvis, A.; Hardy, J.; La Marca, E.; Manzanilla, J.; Bolaños, F. (2008). "Leptodactylus bolivianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T57114A11582479. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T57114A11582479.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Heyer, W. Ronald; de Sá, Rafael O. (2011). "Variation, Systematics, and Relationships of the Leptodactylus bolivianus Complex (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)" . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (635): 1–58. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.635.1.