Alsodes valdiviensis
| Alsodes valdiviensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alsodidae |
| Genus: | Alsodes |
| Species: | A. valdiviensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alsodes valdiviensis Formas, Cuevas, and Brieva, 2002 | |
The Pelada Mountain spiny chest frog (Alsodes valdiviensis) is a frog. It lives in Chile.[2][3][1]
Body
[change | change source]The adult male frog is 39.5 - 59.8 mm long from nose to rear end and some female frogs were 39.7 and 63.4 mm long. This frog has a yellow triangle and a brown stripe on its head. The skin of the frog's back is light brown in color. The belly is white in color. The iris of the eye is black in color with bronze lines.[3]
Home
[change | change source]This frog lives in forests. Scientists saw the frog between 533 and 1100 meters above sea level. They saw it in one protected place: Reserva Costera Valdiviana.[1]
Young
[change | change source]The tadpoles swim in cold streams where the water is fast.[1]
Threats
[change | change source]Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out. Human beings changed the places where it lives by changing forest to pine tree farms and eucalyptus tree farms can hurt the frog. It is also hotter and there is less rain, which means there are more fires.[1]
First paper
[change | change source]- Formas JR; Cuevas CC; Brieva LM (2002). "A new species of Alsodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Cerro Mirador, Cordillera Pelada, southern Chile". Proc Biol Soc Washington. 115: 708–719.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Alsodes valdiviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T56320A79811588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T56320A79811588.en. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Alsodes valdiviensis Formas, Cuevas, and Brieva, 2002". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- 1 2 Sabrina Dean (July 15, 2016). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Alsodes valdiviensis Formas, Cuevas, and Brieva, 2002". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
