Pseudopaludicola motorzinho

Pseudopaludicola motorzinho
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Pseudopaludicola
Species:
P. motorzinho
Binomial name
Pseudopaludicola motorzinho
Pansonato, Veiga-Menoncello, Mudrek, Jansen, Recco-Pimentel, Martins, and Strüssmann, 2016

Pseudopaludicola motorzinho is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is native to Brazil and Bolivia and suspected in Paraguay.[2][3][1]

Habitat

This frog is known from Amazonia, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes, where it is found in occasionally flooded savannah and shrubland and occasionally in urban areas or flooded forest.[1]

The frog's habitat overlaps a few protected places: Parque Nacional Pantanal, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Acurizal, Área Natural de Manejo Integrado San Matias, and Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Otuquis.[1]

Threats

The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. In some places, it is subject to habitat loss associated with logging, agriculture, including eucalyptus tree farms, and cattle and other livestock cultivation.[1]

Original description

  • Pansonato A. Veiga-Menoncello; Mudrek JR; Jansen M; Recco-Pimentel SM; Mrtins IA; Struessmann C (2016). "Two new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: :eiuperinae) from eastern Bolivia and western Brazil". Herpetologica. 72: 235–255.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Pseudopaludicola motorzinho". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T121369515A121369517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T121369515A121369517.en. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudopaludicola motorzinho Pansonato, Veiga-Menoncello, Mudrek, Jansen, Recco-Pimentel, Martins, and Strüssmann, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  3. ^ "Pseudopaludicola motorzinho Pansonato, Veiga-Menoncello, Mudrek, Jansen, Recco-Pimentel, Martins, & Strüssmann, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 16, 2026.