Zachaenus parvulus

Zachaenus parvulus (common names: Girard's frog, Rio bug-eyed frog) is a species of frog in the family Cycloramphidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and is known from the eastern São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Espírito Santo states.[2]

Zachaenus parvulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Cycloramphidae
Genus: Zachaenus
Species:
Z. parvulus
Binomial name
Zachaenus parvulus
(Girard, 1853)
Synonyms

Cystignathus parvulus Girard, 1853
Oocormus microps Boulenger, 1905
Ceratophrys fusciventris Lutz, 1926
Leptodactylus parvulus (Girard, 1853)

Its natural habitats primary and secondary forests where it lives in the leaf-litter on the forest floor. It is a common species. Habitat loss might pose some threat to it.[1]

References
  1. Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Maria Telles (2004). "Zachaenus parvulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57375A11628899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57375A11628899.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Zachaenus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1983". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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