Alsodes vanzolinii

Vanzolini's Spiny-chest Frog (Alsodes vanzolinii) is a frog.  It lives in Chile.

Body
The adult male frog is 36.4 – 52.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 42.7 – 54.4 mm long. Adult frogs have brown skin on their backs with white spots. There is a yellow triangle on the head. There is dark color between the eyes and nose. There are dark stripes on all four legs. Adult frogs' bellies are white in color but young frogs' bellies are darker in color.

Home
This frog lives in forests. People also found it on pine tree farms. Scientists have seen the frog between 50 and 700 meters above sea level.

This frog lives in two protected places, Los Ruiles and Los Queules National Reserves, but they are both small.

Young
The eggs are yellow in color and about 2.33 mm across. The tadpoles swim in pools in streams.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to grow pine trees and build towns. Fires can also kill this frog.

First paper

References

Category:Frogs of South America