Family

Leptodactylidae

58 species · Animals

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Colombian Thin-toed Frog

Leptodactylus colombiensis Heyer, 1994

Leptodactylus colombiensis is a common terrestrial nocturnal water-associated frog that feeds on invertebrates.

Knudsen's Thin-toed Frog

Leptodactylus knudseni Heyer, 1972

Leptodactylus knudseni is a terrestrial South American frog that breeds in foam nests in shallow pools.

Striped-pants Jungle Frog

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson, 1945)

Leptodactylus leptodactyloides is an Amazonian frog with female parental care for its tadpoles.

Sabinal Frog

Leptodactylus melanonotus (Hallowell, 1861)

Leptodactylus melanonotus is a Leptodactylidae frog found across Central and northern South America with a wide range of habitats.

Dwarf Jungle Frog

Leptodactylus wagneri (Peters, 1862)

Leptodactylus wagneri is a frog with sexually dimorphic size that lays eggs in foam nests, with tadpoles developing in water.

Pimocha White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus labrosus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875

Leptodactylus labrosus is a nocturnal terrestrial frog found in dry and mixed forests across parts of Ecuador, with reproductive egg-laying in flood-prone holes near water.

Sibilator Frog

Leptodactylus troglodytes Lutz, 1926

Leptodactylus troglodytes is a common South American frog not considered threatened, despite threats from agriculture, overgrazing, and fire.

Mustached Frog

Leptodactylus mystacinus (Burmeister, 1861)

Leptodactylus mystacinus is a common adaptable terrestrial frog found across elevations up to 1800 m, not considered threatened.

Smoky Jungle Frog

Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti, 1768)

Leptodactylus pentadactylus is a large poisonous frog native to the lowland forests of Central and northern South America.

Bolivian White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus bolivianus Boulenger, 1898

Leptodactylus bolivianus is a frog species that lays eggs in vegetation-hidden foam nests, living in many South American habitats.

Vizcacheras' White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894

Leptodactylus bufonius is a widely distributed generalist Leptodactylidae frog found in central South America.

Loreto White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus rhodomystax Boulenger, 1884

Leptodactylus rhodomystax is a small South American Leptodactylidae frog that lays eggs in foam nests.

Pointedbelly Frog

Leptodactylus podicipinus (Cope, 1862)

Leptodactylus podicipinus is a medium-sized South American frog known for an intermediate foam nesting behavior.

Bulun White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus Boulenger, 1902

Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus is a nocturnal Leptodactylidae frog found in Colombia and Ecuador near forest streams.

Madre de Dios Thin-toed Frog

Leptodactylus didymus Heyer, García-Lopez & Cardoso, 1996

Leptodactylus didymus, the Madre de Dios thin-toed frog, is a Leptodactylidae frog found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

Whistling Grass Frog

Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799)

Leptodactylus fuscus, the rufous whistling frog, is a disturbance-tolerant Leptodactylidae frog found across much of South and Central America.

Oven Frog

Leptodactylus latinasus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875

Leptodactylus latinasus, the oven frog, is a terrestrial Leptodactylidae frog found across parts of central and eastern South America.

Mexican White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877)

Leptodactylus fragilis, the Mexican white-lipped frog, is a common nocturnal carnivorous frog found across a range of Neotropical habitats.

Turbo White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus poecilochilus (Cope, 1862)

Leptodactylus poecilochilus is a small frog that breeds explosively in ponds, with a variety of grassland and wetland habitats.

Caribbean White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus albilabris (Günther, 1859)

Leptodactylus albilabris, the white-lipped frog, is a small terrestrial frog found across parts of the Caribbean in muddy wetland habitats.

Peru white-lipped frog

Leptodactylus rhodonotus (Günther, 1869)

Leptodactylus rhodonotus is a Leptodactylidae frog found in northwestern South America, living in multiple habitats from 200–2050 m elevation.

Dumeril's Striped Frog

Leptodactylus gracilis (Duméril & Bibron, 1840)

Leptodactylus gracilis is a Leptodactylidae frog found across parts of South America that reproduces with foam nests in burrows.

Pepper Frog

Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824)

Leptodactylus labyrinthicus is a large generalist predatory South American frog that is not considered threatened, with use for food and medical research.