Leptodactylus mystaceus

Leptodactylus mystaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Species: L. mystaceus
Binomial name
Leptodactylus mystaceus
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms

Leptodactylus amazonicus Heyer, 1978

Leptodactylus mystaceus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. Its local name is sapo-rana comun ("common toad-frog").

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

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