Leptodactylus leptodactyloides

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| image = Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 5 (cropped).png

| image_caption = Amapá, Brazil

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Enrique La Marca |date=2004 |title=Leptodactylus leptodactyloides |volume=2004 |page=e.T57140A11590413 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57140A11590413.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| taxon = Leptodactylus leptodactyloides

| authority = (Andersson, 1945)

| synonyms = Eleutherodactylus leptodactyloides Andersson, 1945

}}

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides is a species of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. Its local name is sapito leptodactilo ("slender-fingered toadlet"). It is found in the greater Amazon Basin and the Guianas (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-leptodactyloides |title=Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945) |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 leptodactyloides occurs in a range of habitats: savannas, open areas, forest edges, and secondary and primary lowland forest. Reproduction takes place in temporary waterbodies.

Male Leptodactylus leptodactyloides grow to a snout–vent length of {{convert|28|-|48|mm|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|35|-|57|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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