Limnomedusa macroglossa

The rapids frog  (Limnomedusa macroglossa) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is the only species of frog in its group.

Body
The adult frog is 37.6 - 55.0 mm long from nose to rear end.  The female frog is bigger than the male frog. The skin of the frog's back is gray in color with dark brown spots. There are stripes on the nose. There are spots near the mouth and another spot between the eyes. There is a shape like the letter V between the shoulders. There are bar stripes on the legs.

Home
People find this frog in forests and in open places near rivers. Scientists saw this frog between 0 and 1200 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen this frog in protected places: Iguazu National Park, El Palmar National Park, Yaboti Biosphere Reserve, Monumento científico Moisés Bertoni, APA do Ibirapuita, FLONA de Chapeco, PARES Fritz Plaumann, PARES Rio Guarani, PARES Turvo, PARNA do Iguacu, and REBIO do Ibicui Mirim.

Young
The eggs are round with a black dot on one side and a light brown dot on the other. The tadpoles swim in ponds near rivers. The ponds dry up for part of the year.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out, the government of Uruguay says this frog is not in danger of dying out, and the government of Paraguay says it is in very big danger of dying out.  People change the places where the frog lives to make tree farms, other farms, and dams for electricity.

First paper

References

Category:Frogs of South America