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Sabinal Frog

Leptodactylus melanonotus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 44, February 58, March 33, April 75, May 53, June 71, July 51, August 70, September 73, October 91, November 65, December 91.
Mexico775
Sinaloa164
Costa Rica104
Quintana Roo74
Tabasco69
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave66
Jalisco64
Yucatan57
Sonora49
Oaxaca45

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilySouthern Frogs · Leptodactylidae
GenusNeotropical Grass Frogs · Leptodactylus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sabinal Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.