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Leptodactylus cunicularius

Leptodactylus cunicularius

Leptodactylus cunicularius Sazima & Bokermann 1978

Proposed English Name: Rabbit-burrow frog.

Proposed Portuguese Name:

Proposed Spanish Name: Rana conejera.

Other Published Names: Sazima's white-lipped frog (Frank & Ramus, 1995); rabbit foam frog (Eterovick & Sazima, 2004).

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Comment: The species was named for the similarity of how the frog constructs the terrestrial incubating chamber system in the same way that rabbits construct their burrows.
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Leptodactylus cunicularius
Brasil; Minas Gerais; Poços de Caldas
Photographer: © Adão J. Cardoso
 
 

 

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Brazil; Minas Gerais. USNM recording 242 cut 1.

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