Cuvier’s Foam Frog
Physalaemus cuvieri
Physalaemus cuvieri is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, possibly Bolivia, possibly Guyana, possibly Uruguay, and possibly Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally...
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Range & habitat
This nocturnal frog lives in forests, savannah, flooded grassland, and livestock pasture. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 2,000 m (0 and 6,562 ft) above sea level. Scientists have reported the frog in protected places.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
These frogs reproduce in temporary ponds, puddles, and even cow footprints. The adult frog builds a foam nest for the eggs, which adheres to the base of a blade of grass near the edge of the water.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 23144.