Pseudopaludicola giarettai

Pseudopaludicola giarettai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Pseudopaludicola
Species:
P. giarettai
Binomial name
Pseudopaludicola giarettai
Carvalho, 2012

Pseudopaludicola giarettai is a frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2][3][1]

Habitat

This frog lives in Brazillian Cerrado biomes. Scientists have observed the frogs between 525 and 905 m (1,722 and 2,969 ft) above sea level.[1]

Scientists have reported these frogs from one protected place: Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas.[1]

Reproduction

The male frog perches next to artificial ponds or slow, small streamlets with clear or muddy bottoms and calls to the female frogs, almost exclusively during the day, almost always associated with buriti palm (Mauritia flexuosa) marshes. The free-swimming tadpoles develop in water.[1]

Threats

The IUCN classifies this species as least concern. What threat the frog faces comes from habitat loss associated with agriculture, livestock cultivation, and urbanization. Specifically, many nearby farms use unsustainable practices that involve soil erosion and resulting sedimentation of the streams upon which the frog relies.[1]

Original description

  • de Carvalho TR (2012). "A new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro (Leiuperinae: Leptodactylidae: Anura) from the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil with a distinctive advertisement call pattern". Zootaxa. 3328: 47–54.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pseudopaludicola giarettai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T45508064A45509184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T45508064A45509184.en. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudopaludicola giarettai Carvalho, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  3. ^ "Pseudopaludicola giarettai Carvalho, 2012". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
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