| Leptodactylus latrans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. latrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815) | |
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Leptodactylus latrans is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.[1] It is native to much of South America east of the Andes, and Trinidad and Tobago.[2] It has many common names, including rana criolla, sapo-rana llanero,[2] butter frog, and lesser foam frog.[3]
Habitat and ecology
This is a common species in many parts of its range. It can be found in a variety of habitat types, including swamps, savannah, grasslands, and tropical forest ecosystems.[2] It tolerates disturbed habitat and can be seen in gardens and urban areas.[2] It breeds in temporary water bodies, such as ponds and floodplains, where it creates a foam nest for its eggs.[2] In some cases, one parent, usually a female, guards the tadpoles and attacks potential predators.[4]
Taxonomy
This taxon is considered to be a species complex, or a component of one, and taxonomic studies may distinguish several different species among its populations.[5]
References
- ^ Lavilla, Langone, Caramaschi, Heyer & de Sá (2010). The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) (Hylidae). Zootaxa 2346: 1–16
- ^ a b c d e Heyer, R., et al. 2010. Leptodactylus latrans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Leptodactylus latrans. Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 175.
- ^ Heyer, W. R. (2013). Morphological analyses of frogs of the Leptodactylus latrans complex (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) from selected localities in South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington: January 2014, Vol. 126(4) 369-78.
Further reading
- Bogart, J. P. (1974). A karyosystematic study of frogs in the genus Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Copeia, (3), 728–737.
- Heyer, W. R. (1969). The adaptive ecology of the species groups of the Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). Evolution, 23, 421–428.
- Prado, C. P. de A., Uetanabaro, M., Haddad, C F. B. (2002). Description of a new reproductive mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a review of the reproductive specialization towards terrestriality in the genus. Copeia, 2002(4), 221–245.