Odontophrynus cultripes

The Rio Grande Escuerzo (Odontophrynus cultripes) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body
The adult frog is 50-70  mm long from nose to rear end. This frog has large eyes. There is no webbed skin on the front feet. The head is wider than it is long. It has a shovel-shaped front toe that it uses to dig. The tops of the head, back, and legs are brown in color with lighter brown color on the head and some black color on the legs and back. It has large, brown warts and yellow color on the sides of the body. The belly is yellow with some brown color. The male frog has a brown throat.

Home
Scientists saw this frog near streams and ponds,usually in forests. Scientists saw the frog between 500 and 1000 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen the frog in many safe parks: Área de Proteção Ambiental Corumbataí, Botucatu e Tejupa Perimetro Corumbataí, Área de Proteção Ambiental das Nascentes do Rio Vermelho, Área de Proteção Ambiental Jalapão, Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra do Lajeado, Área de Proteção Ambiental Sul RMBH, Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, and Parque Nacional de Itatiaia.

Young
The male frog calls to the female frogs at night near pools of water that are not deep and are not there all year. This frog has many young at the same time. The female frog puts her eggs in the mud at the bottom of the pool. The female frog lays eggs in gel in water.

The tadpole has a round body. The eyes and nose are on the top of its body. The top of the body is brown with darker brown marks. The belly is clear with dark black marks.

Danger
The IUCN says this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make farms, places for cows to eat grass, and other things that people need.

References

Category:Frogs of South America