Pleurodema marmoratum
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pleurodema |
| Species: | P. marmoratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurodema marmoratum (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) | |
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Pleurodema marmoratum is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2][3]
Reproduction
The adult male frog measures 27.9 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 31.8 mm. The skin of the dorusm is tan and can have darker brown marks. The male frog's testes are very large for its body size and can take up one third of the body cavity.[3]
Geographic range
Pleurodema marmoratum is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.[1]
Taxonomy
Scientists used to consider this frog a subset of Phrynopus spectabilis. Spectabilis is Latin for "remarkable," a reference to its testes.[3]
Habitat
This frog is terrestrial. The natural habitats of Pleurodema marmoratum are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and irrigated land, at altitudes of 3,000–5,200 m (9,800–17,100 ft).[1]
Scientists have reported the frog in several protected places: Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa, Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata, Parque Nacionale Carrasco, Parque Nacionale Sajama, Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca, Reserva Nacional Pampa Galeras, Área de Conservación Regional Bosque de Puya Raimondi Titankayocc, Santuario Histórico de la Pampa de Ayacucho, Reserva de la Biósfera Laguna de Pozuelos, Parque Nacional Lauca, and Parque Nacional Isluga.[1]
Reproduction
This frog is an explosive breeder. The female frog deposits her eggs in ponds and streams with slow-moving water. People have also seen it in farmland with water on it.[1]
Danger
The IUCN classifies this frog as vulnerable of dying out. Threats include climate change and habitat loss. People set fires to convert the area to livestock pasturage. Scientists have found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on some of the frogs, but they have not confirmed whether chytridiomycosis kills the frog.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pleurodema marmoratum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T57289A114559758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57289A114559758.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Pleurodema marmoratum (Duméril and Bibron, 1840)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Raul E. Diaz; Alessandro Catenazzi; Sierra Raby (August 27, 2004). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pleurodema marmoratum (Duméril and Bibron, 1840)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 27, 2026.