Proceratophrys moratoi

Botucatu Escuerzo (Proceratophrys moratoi) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body
The frog is about 27.6 to 35.7 mm long from nose to rear end. There is no webbed skin on any of its feet.

Home
This frog lives in swampy places next to streams in dry grassy place with a few trees and places with small woody plants. People also small them in small pieces of forest next to farms. Scientists saw the frog between 410 and 1140 meters above sea level.

This frog lives in many protected parks: Área de Preservação Ambiental Corumbataí, Botucatu and Tejupá Perimetro Corumbataí, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, and RPPN Olavo Egydio Setubal.

Young
The female frog puts her eggs in moving water in swamps. The tadpoles swim in the swamp. The tadpole is red-brown in color with silver or gray marks. There is a dark spot on the fin on its back. The tail is light brown in color with darker spots. The tail muscle has dots on it.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make towns, places for animals to eat grass, tree farms, and other farms. Now, people are making farms for sugar, soybeans, and trees to cut down for wood. Chemicals from those farms can also hurt the frog.

References

Category:Frogs of South America