Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Leptodactylidae > Pleurodema > Pleurodema diplolisterPleurodema diplolister (Peters' Four-eyed Frog)Synonyms: Cystignathus diplolistris; Paludicola diplolistris; Pleurodema diplolistre; Pleurodema diplolistris The Peters' Four-eyed Frog (Pleurodema diplolister) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, and pastureland.It is threatened by habitat loss.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 larger animal. |
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 | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 0.787 inches (2 cm) |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Atlantic Forest |
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
No |
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Cerrado |
Brazil |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London 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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