Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Leptodactylidae > Pleurodema > Pleurodema bufoninumPleurodema bufoninum (Large Four-eyed Frog)Synonyms: Leiuperus salarius; Paludicola bufonia; Paludicola bufonina; Pleurodema bufonia; Pleurodema bufonina; Pleurodema bufonina spelling The large four-eyed frog or sapo de cuatro ojos grandes (Pleurodema bufoninum) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Argentina and Chile.Its natural habitats are subantarctic forests, temperate forests, subantarctic shrubland, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subantarctic grassland, temperate grassland, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, ponds, and open excavations.The common name "four-eyed frog" refers to two inguinal poison glands that resemble eyes. When threatened, the frog lowers its head and raises its rear. When the frog adopts this posture the poison glands are also raised toward the predator. The predator may also confuse the frog's raised posterior for the head of a larg |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 12.33 EDGE Score: 2.59 |
Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 2.205 inches (5.6 cm) |
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Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Low Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Magellanic subpolar forests |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean steppe |
Argentina, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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