Proceratophrys carranca

Proceratophrys carranca is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body

The adult male frog is 31.6-39.9 mm long from nose to rear end. It has black color near the front of its neck. Its belly is cream-white in color with light brown marks.

Name
Scientists named this frog carranca after statues that people say keep travelers safe on the São Francisco River. The statues also mean the people who work and live on rivers.

Home
This frog lives on the ground near streams with small woody plants nearby. Scientists saw the frog 654 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen the frog in one protected place, Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in some danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms, towns, and places for animals to eat grass. Humans also use fire to change the forest to fields.

References

Category:Frogs of South America