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Leptodactylus discodactylus

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| image = Leptodactylus discodactylus Boulenger, 1884.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Fernando Castro, Jose Vicente Rueda, Javier Icochea, Ronald Heyer, Ignacio De la Riva |date=2004 |title=Leptodactylus discodactylus |volume=2004 |page=e.T57373A11628605 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57373A11628605.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Leptodactylus discodactylus

| authority = Boulenger, 1884

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Leptodactylus discodactylus Boulenger, 1884 "1883"

Vanzolinius discodactylus (Boulenger, 1884)

Leptodactylus nigrescens Andersson, 1945

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Leptodactylus discodactylus (common name: Vanzolini's Amazon frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in the Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas and Acre states), Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

Description

Leptodactylus discodactylus is a medium-sized, moderately robust-bodied frog. Males measure {{convert|28|-|35|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|32|-|35|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The colouration is reddish brown, with paler flanks. The dorsum is smooth with some small tubercles. The fingers may or may not have disks, whereas the toes end in slightly expanded and rounded disks. The species shows local-scale variation in colour pattern, morphology, and advertisement call.

Habitat and conservation

Leptodactylus discodactylus is a reasonably common and generally widespread species active by day and night. It can be found on the forest floor and in swampy areas in the forest, seasonally flooded forests, and open areas. The eggs are laid close to water where the tadpoles develop.

Leptodactylus discodactylus is locally suffering from habitat loss.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amphibiaweb/FichaEspecie/Leptodactylus%20discodactylus |title=Leptodactylus discodactylus |author=Ortiz, D.A. |display-authors=etal |year=2019 |editor1=Ron, S. R. |editor2=Merino-Viteri, A. |editor3=Ortiz, D. A. |name-list-style=amp |work=Anfibios del Ecuador. Version 2019.0 |publisher=Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ) |access-date=3 March 2020}}

{{Cite journal| last = Boulenger | first = G. A. | year = 1884 |title=On a Collection of Frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, Northern Peru |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=1883 |issue=4 |pages=635–638 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/67460}}

{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-discodactylus |title=Leptodactylus discodactylus Boulenger, 1884 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=3 March 2020}}

{{cite journal |last1=Heyer |first1=W.R. |year=1997 |title=Geographic variation in the frog genus Vanzolinius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=110 |issue=3 |pages=338–365 |url=http://biodiversityheritagelibrary.org/part/48723}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/leptodactylidae-39-spp/leptodactylus-discodactylus/ |title=Leptodactylus discodactylus Boulenger, 1884 "1883" |author=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |year=2020 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia: Referencia en linea V.10.2020 |access-date=3 March 2020}}

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discodactylus

Category:Amphibians of Bolivia

Category:Frogs of Brazil

Category:Amphibians of Colombia

Category:Amphibians of Ecuador

Category:Frogs of Peru

Category:Amphibians described in 1884

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot