Hydrolaetare caparu

The Caparu forest frog (Hydrolaetare caparu) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil and Bolivia.

Home
This frog lives in forests that flood for part of the year. Scientists have seen the frog between 68 and 185 meters above sea level. Scientists think the frog digs a hole to stay in when the weather is very dry.

Scientists have seen these frogs in one protected place, Parque Estadual de Corumbiaria. They think it coula also live in Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado.

Young
The tadpoles swim in streams.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not some danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frogs live to make small farms and make places for cows to eat grass. They often start fires to do this.

First paper

References

Category:Frogs of South America