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Odontophrynus maisuma
Odontophrynus maisuma is a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is found in coastal areas of Uruguay and Southern Brazil, between Montevideo and Florianópolis. This diploid species is very similar to Odontophrynus cordobae, which is also diploid, and Odontophrynus americanus, which is tetraploid. It inhabits sandy environments of coastal regions.
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Range & habitat
It inhabits sandy environments of coastal regions at sea level. Scientists have reported it in many protected parks in Uruguay and Brazil: Parque Nacional Cabo Polonio, Area de manejo de habitats y/o especies Cerro Verde e Islas de la Coronilla, Paisaje Protegido Laguna de Rocha, Área de Proteção Ambiental da Baleia Franca, Estação Ecológica do Taim, Parque Estadual Itapeva, and Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
The female frog lays eggs in the mud on the bottoms of ponds. This frog's tadpoles develop in ponds.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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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 70767.