The common name "four-eyed frog" refers to two inguinal poison glands that resemble eyes.[3] When threatened, the frog lowers its head and raises its rear. When the frog adopts this posture, the poison glands are also raised toward the predator. The predator may also confuse the frog's raised posterior for the head of a larger animal.[4]
The natural habitat of the Colombian four-eyed frog is open savanna and grassland. It is a very common species. While these frogs use ephemeral or permanent small water pools for breeding, they can be found far from water. During the dry season, they hide in the soil and emerge when the rains start.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abEnrique La Marca, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Robert Reynolds, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Abraham Mijares, Ross MacCulloch (2010). "Pleurodema brachyops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T57283A11599287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T57283A11599287.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pleurodema brachyops (Cope, 1869)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
colombian, four, eyed, frog, pleurodema, brachyops, spanish, sapito, lipon, species, frog, family, leptodactylidae, found, area, stretching, from, guyana, northern, brazil, roraima, state, through, venezuela, including, isla, margarita, colombia, into, panama,. The Colombian four eyed frog Pleurodema brachyops in Spanish sapito lipon is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae It is found in an area stretching from Guyana and northern Brazil Roraima state through Venezuela including Isla Margarita and Colombia into Panama as well as the Netherlands Antilles 2 Colombian four eyed frog Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura Family Leptodactylidae Genus Pleurodema Species P brachyops Binomial name Pleurodema brachyops Cope 1869 The common name four eyed frog refers to two inguinal poison glands that resemble eyes 3 When threatened the frog lowers its head and raises its rear When the frog adopts this posture the poison glands are also raised toward the predator The predator may also confuse the frog s raised posterior for the head of a larger animal 4 The natural habitat of the Colombian four eyed frog is open savanna and grassland It is a very common species While these frogs use ephemeral or permanent small water pools for breeding they can be found far from water During the dry season they hide in the soil and emerge when the rains start 1 References edit a b Enrique La Marca Frank Solis Roberto Ibanez Cesar Jaramillo Querube Fuenmayor Robert Reynolds Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Abraham Mijares Ross MacCulloch 2010 Pleurodema brachyops IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010 e T57283A11599287 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2010 2 RLTS T57283A11599287 en Retrieved 18 November 2021 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Frost Darrel R 2014 Pleurodema brachyops Cope 1869 Amphibian Species of the World an Online Reference Version 6 0 American Museum of Natural History Retrieved 6 April 2014 Species profile four eyed frog Conservacion Patagonic 2012 11 16 Retrieved 9 January 2014 Duellman William E 1994 Biology of Amphibians Baltimore JHU Press p 670 ISBN 9780801847806 nbsp This Leptodactylidae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colombian four eyed frog amp oldid 1218936998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
