Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Leptodactylidae > Leptodactylus > Leptodactylus petersii

Leptodactylus petersii

Synonyms: Leptodactylus brevipes; Leptodactylus caliginosus petersi; Leptodactylus intermedius; Leptodactylus podicipinus petersii; Platymantis petersii

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptodactylus petersii (common name: Peters' thin-toed frog) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. Its local name is sapito de Peters ("Peters' toadlet"). It is found in the Guianas and the Amazon Basin (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela). Leptodactylus petersii are found in tropical rainforest, forest edge, open areas, savanna enclaves in the tropical rainforest, and open Cerrado formations. It is usually found on the ground near water. This common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.59
EDGE Score: 2.61

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.2 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.008 inches (5.1 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Madidi National Park II 3194501 Bolivia  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocerca brasiliense[2]

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.
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
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