Alsodes vanzolinii
| Alsodes vanzolinii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alsodidae |
| Genus: | Alsodes |
| Species: | A. vanzolinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974) | |
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Vanzolini's Spiny-chest Frog (Alsodes vanzolinii) is a frog. It lives in Chile.[2][3][1]
Body
[change | change source]The adult male frog is 36.4 – 52.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 42.7 – 54.4 mm long. Adult frogs have brown skin on their backs with white spots. There is a yellow triangle on the head. There is dark color between the eyes and nose. There are dark stripes on all four legs. Adult frogs' bellies are white in color but young frogs' bellies are darker in color.[3]
Home
[change | change source]This frog lives in forests. People also found it on pine tree farms. Scientists have seen the frog between 50 and 700 meters above sea level.[1]
This frog lives in two protected places, Los Ruiles and Los Queules National Reserves, but they are both small.[1]
Young
[change | change source]The eggs are yellow in color and about 2.33 mm across. The tadpoles swim in pools in streams.[3][1]
Danger
[change | change source]Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to grow pine trees and build towns. Fires can also kill this frog.[1]
First paper
[change | change source]- Donoso-Barros, R. (1974). "Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción. 48: 217–229.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Vanzolini's Spiny-chest Frog: Alsodes vanzolinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T932A79808564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T932A79808564.en. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Vicki Thill (June 11, 2013). Gordon Lau (ed.). "Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
