Adenomera ajurauna
| Adenomera ajurauna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Adenomera |
| Species: | A. ajurauna
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| Binomial name | |
| Adenomera ajurauna (Berneck, Costa, and Garcia, 2008)
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Adenomera ajurauna is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2][3][1]
Description
This frog measures 17.18–19.95 mm in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is brown in color. This frog has a dark brown throat. The iris of the eye is bronze in color. Some individual frogs are lighter in color. These have a triangular intraorbital mark.[4]
Etymology
Scientists named this frog ajurauna from the indigenous Tupi language's ajura for "throat" and una for "black."[4]
Habitat
This frog lives in Atlantic forest biomes. It has also been seen in forest fragments and next to eucalyptus tree farms. Scientists have seen this frog between 0 and 700 m (0 and 2,297 ft) meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists have seen these frogs in protected places, including Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar and Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho.[1]
Reproduction
The male frog perches on the ground or leaf litter and calls to the female frogs. This frog deposits its eggs in holes underground, where the tadpoles develop.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of dying out. In some places, people build towns where the frog lives.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Adenomera ajurauna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T158471A18159139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T158471A18159139.en. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Adenomera ajurauna (Berneck, Costa, and Garcia, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
- ^ "Adenomera ajurauna (Berneck, Costa, & Garcia, 2008)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
- ^ a b Berneck BVM; da Costa COR; Garcia PC (2008). "A new species of Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Sao Paulo State, Brazil". Zootaxa (Full text). 1795: 46–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1795.1.3. Retrieved February 3, 2026.