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Leptodactylus fuscus (rufous frog; Bottle and Spoon Frog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leptodactylus fuscus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. Its local names are rana picuda ("woodcock frog") and rana silbador ("whistling frog"). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas,
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.85
EDGE Score: 2.55
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  50 grams
Litter Size [1]  149
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.811 inches (4.6 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Predators

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

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♦ 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.
♦ 2Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 3Feeding Habits and Habitat Use in Bothrops pubescens (Viperidae, Crotalinae) from Southern Brazil, Marília T. Hartmann, Paulo A. Hartmann, Sonia Z. Cechin, and Marcio Martins, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 664–667, 2005
♦ 4ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TROPICAL COLUBRID SNAKE LEPTODEIRA ANNULATA, Laurie J. Vitt, Herpetological Natural History, 4 (1), 1996, pages 69-76
♦ 5Dieta e uso de habitat da jararaca-do-brejo, Mastigodryas bifossatus Raddi (Serpentes, Colubridae) em domínio subtropical do Brasil, Pedro T. Leite; Simone de F. Nunes & Sonia Z. Cechin, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24 (3): 729–734, setembro 2007
♦ 6Diet and habitat use of two sympatric species of Philodryas (Colubridae), in south Brazil, Paulo A. Hartmann, Otávio A.V. Marques, Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (2005): 25-31
♦ 7Gibson, 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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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