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Leptodactylus latinasus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA LEPTODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Leptodactylus latinasus
Species Authority: Jiménez de la Espada, 1875
Common Name/s:
Spanish – Urnero
Taxonomic Notes: This form is probably a complex of more than one species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Esteban Lavilla, Ronald Heyer, Axel Kwet, Jose Langone
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known from Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Córdoba, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Salta, Santa Fe, San Luis, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán (Argentina); Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija (Bolivia); Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil); southern Paraguay; and Uruguay. Its altitudinal range is from 0-600m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
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Population [top]

Population: It is an abundant species.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A terrestrial species found in grassland habitats. It occurs on the ground near waterbodies. It breeds underground (making its nests in chambers beneath the soil), and the larvae then develop in water. It adapts well to anthropogenic disturbance.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats to this species at present.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The taxonomy to determine the status of the southern distribution of this complex species is needed. It occurs in several protected areas.
Citation: Esteban Lavilla, Ronald Heyer, Axel Kwet, Jose Langone 2004. Leptodactylus latinasus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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