Odontophrynus cultripes
| Odontophrynus cultripes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Cycloramphidae |
| Genus: | Odontophrynus |
| Species: | O. cultripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontophrynus cultripes Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 | |
Rio Grande Escuerzo is a species of frog in the Cycloramphidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Silvano, D., Scott, N., Aquino, L., Kwet, A., Pavan, D. & Caramaschi, U. 2004. Odontophrynus cultripes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., De Sa, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. and Wheeler, W.C. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; no. 297, 370pp.
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