Leptodactylus wagneri
| Leptodactylus wagneri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. wagneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus wagneri (Peters, 1862)
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| Synonyms | |
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Plectromantis wagneri Peters, 1862 | |
Leptodactylus wagneri (common name: Wagner's white-lipped frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.[2] It is found in northern South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).[3][1]
Description
Male Leptodactylus wagneri grow to a snout–vent length of 39–61 mm (1.5–2.4 in) and females to 52–82 mm (2.0–3.2 in).[4]
Etymology
Scientists named the frog wagneri for the German scientist and collector Dr. Moritz Wagner.[3]
Home
This frog lives in many kinds of places, for example marshes, swamps, primary and secondary forest, streams, lakes, and people's gardens. Scientists saw the frog between 200 and 1800 meters above sea level.[3] Scientists saw the frog in many protected places.[1]
Reproduction
The female frog lays eggs in a foam nest. The tadpoles develop in water.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. Human beings changed the places where the frog lives, but it is good at living in places that human beings have changed, for example people's gardens.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Wagner's White-lipped Frog: Leptodactylus wagneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T57175A85888854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57175A85888854.en. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Leptodactylus wagneri (Peters, 1862)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ a b c Diego A. Ortiz; Morley Read; Andrea Varela-Jaramillo; Santiago R. Ron (October 23, 2013). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Leptodactylus wagneri (Peters, 1862)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ Heyer, W. R. (1994). "Variation within the Leptodactylus podicipinus–wagneri complex of frogs (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 546 (546): 1–124. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.546.i.