Leptodactylus labyrinthicus

The labyrinth frog, South American pepper frog, pepper frog, or pepper foam frog (Leptodactylus labyrinthicus) is a frog.  It lives in Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.

Home
This frog lives in forests that have never been cut down, forests that are growing back, grassy places, dams, ponds, streams, towns, places where animals eat grass, next to rivers, on dead leaves on the ground, and ground with nothing on it. This frog is good at living in places that human beings have changed. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.

Scientists saw the frog in many protected places: Cerro Corá National Park, Ybycuí National Park, Natural Reserve del Bosque Mbaracayú, Parque Nacional Da Serra Da Bodoquena, Área de Proteção Ambiental Lago De Peixe/Angical,Estação Ecológica De Santa Bárbara, Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorá, Instituto Florestal Estação Experimental de Mogi Guaçu, Estação Ecológica De Itirapina, Parque Estadual Do Jurupará, Área de Proteção Ambiental Lagoa De Itaparica, Estação Ecológica Dos Caetetus, Área de Proteção Ambiental da Chapada dos Guimarães, Parque Estadual Do Morro Do Diabo, Estação Ecológica De Bauru, Área de Proteção Ambiental Morro Da Pedreira, Parque Estadual Das Furnas Do Bom Jesus, Área de Proteção Ambiental Carste Da Lagoa Santa, and Área de Proteção Ambiental Pouso Alto.

Young
The female frog makes a nest out of foam and puts her eggs in it. The tadpoles can live in bodies of water that human beings made.

Humans
In Venezuela, people farm this frog to eat.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in a big place and because it is good at living in places that have been changed.

References

Category:Frogs of South America