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| Leptodactylus bufonius |
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Leptodactylus bufonius
Boulenger 1894
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Proposed English Name:
Oven frog.
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Proposed Portuguese Name:
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Proposed Spanish Name:
Rana hornera.
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Other Published Names: Rana de las vizcacheras (Straneck et al., 1993); ranita chaqueña (Freiberg, 1972); ranita de las viscacheras (Freiberg, 1972); rana silvadora (Álvarez et al., 2002); vizcacheras' frog (Frank & Ramus, 1995);.
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| Comment: There are two species commonly called oven frogs in Latin America: L. bufonius and L. latinasus. Leptodactylus bufonius has also been called the viscacha (a burrowing rodent) frog, but L. bufonius occurs in places the the viscacha does not. The incubating chamber of L. bufonius (the oven - because the chamber looks like an outdoor fire-fueled clay oven) is capped by females and is usually much more conspicuously placed than the incubating chamber of L. latinasus. We propose using oven frog for L. bufonius and the small oven frog for L. latinasus. |
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