Leptodactylus caatingae

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ronald Heyer, Flora Junca |date=2004 |title=Leptodactylus caatingae |volume=2004 |page=e.T57116A11583185 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57116A11583185.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Leptodactylus caatingae

| authority = Heyer & Juncá, 2003

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Leptodactylus caatingae is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to the Caatinga region of northeastern Brazil and known from Espírito Santo, Paraíba, and Bahia states. Prior to its description it was included in Leptodactylus latinasus.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-caatingae |title=Leptodactylus caatingae Heyer and Juncá, 2003 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=25 March 2015}}

Its natural habitat is dry Caatinga savanna; other aspects of its ecology are unknown. Potential threats to it are overgrazing and fires.

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