Leptodactylus diedrus

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Fernando Castro |date=2004 |title=Leptodactylus diedrus |volume=2004 |page=e.T57122A11585801 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57122A11585801.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Leptodactylus diedrus

| authority = Heyer, 1994

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Leptodactylus diedrus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. Its local name is sapito confuso ("confused toadlet"). It is found in northwestern Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-diedrus |title=Leptodactylus diedrus Heyer, 1994 |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=8 May 2014}} Leptodactylus diedrus are found in rocky habitats in tropical rainforest as well as in flooded forest.

Male Leptodactylus diedrus grow to a snout–vent length of {{convert|30|-|40|mm|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|34|-|48|mm|abbr=on}}.{{cite journal |last1=Heyer |first1=W. R. |year=1994 |title=Variation within the Leptodactylus podicipinus–wagneri complex of frogs (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |volume=546 |issue=546 |pages=1–124 |url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/sctz-0546.pdf |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.546.i}}

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