Odontophrynus maisuma
| Odontophrynus maisuma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Odontophrynidae |
| Genus: | Odontophrynus |
| Species: | O. maisuma
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| Binomial name | |
| Odontophrynus maisuma Rosset, 2008
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Odontophrynus maisuma is a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is found in coastal areas of Uruguay and Southern Brazil, between Montevideo and Florianópolis. This diploid species is very similar to Odontophrynus cordobae, which is also diploid, and Odontophrynus americanus, which is tetraploid.[2][3][4][1]
Habitat
It inhabits sandy environments of coastal regions at sea level. Scientists have reported it in many protected parks in Uruguay and Brazil: Parque Nacional Cabo Polonio, Area de manejo de habitats y/o especies Cerro Verde e Islas de la Coronilla, Paisaje Protegido Laguna de Rocha, Área de Proteção Ambiental da Baleia Franca, Estação Ecológica do Taim, Parque Estadual Itapeva, and Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe.[1]
Reproduction
The female frog lays eggs in the mud on the bottoms of ponds. This frog's tadpoles develop in ponds.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this species as least concern and the government of Uruguay as near threatened. Its principal threats are habitat loss from urbanization and tourism at its coastal habitat. Scientists also found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on tadpoles at Laguna de Rocha, but they do not know the degree of threat posed by the chytridiomycosis disease.[1]
Original description
- Rosset SD (2008). "New species of Odontophrynus Reinhardt and Leutken 1862 (Anura: Neobatrachia) from Brazil and Uruguay". J Herpetol. 42: 134–144.
References
- ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Odontophrynus maisuma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T18435615A18661505. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T18435615A18661505.en. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ Rosset, Sergio D. (2008). "New Species of Odontophrynus Reinhardt and Lütken 1862 (Anura: Neobatrachia) from Brazil and Uruguay". Journal of Herpetology. 42: 134–144. doi:10.1670/07-088R1.1.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Odontophrynus maisuma Rosset, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ "Odontophrynus maisuma Rosset, 2008". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 9, 2025.