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Leptodactylus gracilis (Dumeril's Striped Frog)

Synonyms: Cystignathus gracilis; Leptodactylus gracilis delattini

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptodactylus gracilis is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and 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

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.791 inches (4.55 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bañados del Este Wetland Reserve 986054 Uruguay  
El Palmar National Park II   Entre Rios, Argentina  
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No

Predators

Bothrops pubescens (Pampas lancehead)[2]
Palusophis bifossatus (Rio Tropical Racer)[3]
Philodryas patagoniensis (Patagonia Green Racer)[4]
Thamnodynastes strigatus (Coastal House Snake)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Strongyloides carinii[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

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.
♦ 2Feeding 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
♦ 3Dieta 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
♦ 4Diet 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
♦ 5Dieta de Thamnodynastes strigatus (Serpentes, Colubridae) no sul do Brasil, Raquel Ruffato, Marcos Di-Bernardo e Gleomar Fabiano Maschio, Phyllomedusa 2(1):27-34, 2003
♦ 6Gibson, 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