Leptodactylus syphax

The basin white-lipped frog or whistling foam frog (Leptodactylus syphax) is a frog.  It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Home
This frog lives in Amazonia, Cerrado, Caatinga, Atlantic forest placess and in rocky places and next to the pools of water next to streams. This frog is not good at living in places that people have changed. Scientists have seen the frog between 600 and 2000 meters above sea level.

The place where the frog lives has many protected parks in it:  APA do Planalto Central, APA Pouso Alto, APA Rio Cenico Rotas Moncoeiras, APA Serra da Ibiapaba, ESEC Serra Geral do Tocantins, FLONA de Carajas, PARNA da Chapada dos Veadeiros, and PARNA Grande Sertao Veredas.

Young
This frog has young in pools of water. The tadpoles swim there.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, the frog is in some danger from fires, and when people change the places where the frog lives to make farms or letting animals eat too much grass.

References

Category:Frogs of South America