Adenomera kayapo

Adenomera kayapo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Adenomera
Species:
A. kayapo
Binomial name
Adenomera kayapo
Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo, Neckel-Oliveira, and Haddad, 2021

Adenomera kayapo, the Kayapó terrestrial nest-building frog, is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2][3][1]

Habitat

This frog lives in lowland, non-flooding rainforests. Scientists have seen it between 121 and 701 m (397 and 2,300 ft)above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen these frogs in a protected place, Floresta Nacional de Carajás. They may also have seen it in Parque Nacional Dos Campos Ferruginosos.[1]

Threats

The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. However, much of its range lies within a major Amazon deforestation arc, where forest is permanently converted to subsistence agriculture, large-scale monoculture, and livestock grazing. Copper, gold, and manganese mining can also affect the frog.[1]

Original description

  • Carvalho, TR de; Moraes LJCL; Lima AP; Fouquet PA; Peloso PLV; Pavan D; Drummond L de O; Rodrigues MT; Giaretta AA; Gordo M; Neckel-Oliveira S; Haddad CFB (2021). "Systematics and historical biogeography of Neotropical foam-nesting frogs of the Adenomera heyeri clade (Leptodactylidae), with the description of six new Amazonian species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Abstract). 191 (2): 395–433. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa051. hdl:11449/205825. Retrieved February 16, 2026.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Kayapó Terrestrial Nest-building Frog: Adenomera kayapo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T195583215A195583245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T195583215A195583245.en. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Adenomera inopinata Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo, Neckel-Oliveira, and Haddad, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  3. ^ "Adenomera inopinata Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo, Neckel-Oliveira, & Haddad, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 19, 2026.