Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Pseudis > Pseudis minutaPseudis minutaSynonyms: Lysapsus mantidactyla; Lysapsus mantidactylus; Podonectes minutus; Pseudis brasiliensis; Pseudis mantidactyla; Pseudis meridionalis; Pseudis minutus Pseudis minuta (common name: lesser swimming frog) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay, and likely in Paraguay.It is a very common, aquatic frog, and its natural habitats are ponds and still-water pools of slowly moving creeks. It can also thrive in rice plantations. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.89 EDGE Score: 2.56 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 20.8 grams |  | | Litter Size [1] | 486 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 2.012 inches (5.11 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
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Species |
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Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Araucaria moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Chaco |
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Paraná flooded savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bañados del Este Wetland Reserve |
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986054 |
Uruguay |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Atlantic Forest |
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
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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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