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Leptodactylus latrans

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Leptodactylus latrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species:
L. latrans
Binomial name
Leptodactylus latrans
(Steffen, 1815)
Synonyms
  • Leptodactylus ocellatus auct. non (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rana gibbosa Raddi, 1823
  • Rana fusca Raddi, 1823
  • Rana pygmaea Spix, 1824
  • Rana pachypus Spix, 1824
  • Rana pachybrachion Wied-Neuwied, 1824
  • Rana macrocephala Wied-Neuwied, 1825
  • Leptodactylus serialis Girard, 1853
  • Leptodactylus caliginosus Girard, 1853
  • Rana luctator Hudson, 1892
  • Rana octoplicata Werner, 1893
  • Cystignathus oxycephalus Philippi, 1902
  • Leptodactylus macrosternum Miranda-Ribero, 1926
  • Leptodactylus pygmaeus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1927

Leptodactylus latrans is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.[1] It is native to much of South America east of the Andes, and Trinidad and Tobago.[2] It has many common names, including rana criolla, sapo-rana llanero,[2] butter frog, and lesser foam frog.[3]

Habitat and ecology

This is a common species in many parts of its range. It can be found in a variety of habitat types, including swamps, savannah, grasslands, and tropical forest ecosystems.[2] It tolerates disturbed habitat and can be seen in gardens and urban areas.[2] It breeds in temporary water bodies, such as ponds and floodplains, where it creates a foam nest for its eggs.[2] In some cases, one parent, usually a female, guards the tadpoles and attacks potential predators.[4]

Taxonomy

This taxon is considered to be a species complex, or a component of one, and taxonomic studies may distinguish several different species among its populations.[5]

References

  1. ^ Lavilla, Langone, Caramaschi, Heyer & de Sá (2010). The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) (Hylidae). Zootaxa 2346: 1–16
  2. ^ a b c d e Heyer, R., et al. 2010. Leptodactylus latrans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ Leptodactylus latrans. Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.
  4. ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 175.
  5. ^ Heyer, W. R. (2013). Morphological analyses of frogs of the Leptodactylus latrans complex (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) from selected localities in South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington: January 2014, Vol. 126(4) 369-78.

Further reading

  • Bogart, J. P. (1974). A karyosystematic study of frogs in the genus Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Copeia, (3), 728–737.
  • Heyer, W. R. (1969). The adaptive ecology of the species groups of the Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). Evolution, 23, 421–428.
  • Prado, C. P. de A., Uetanabaro, M., Haddad, C F. B. (2002). Description of a new reproductive mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a review of the reproductive specialization towards terrestriality in the genus. Copeia, 2002(4), 221–245.


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