Colombian Four-eyed Frog

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Colombian Four-eyed Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Leptodactylidae Genus: Pleurodema Species: P. brachyops
Binomial name
Pleurodema brachyops (Cope, 1869)

The Colombian Four-eyed Frog or Sapito Lipon (Pleurodema brachyops) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Venezuela, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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• La Marca, E., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q., Reynolds, R., Rodrigues, M.T., Mijares, A. & MacCulloch, R. 2004. Pleurodema brachyops. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.