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Amazon River frog

The Amazon River frog is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes, with scattered records from northeastern Brazil. In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye'kwana of southeastern Venezuela.

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Amazon River frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. palmipes
Binomial name
Lithobates palmipes
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms2
  • Rana palmipes Spix, 1824
  • Ranula affinis (Peters, 1859)
  • Ranula gollmerii Peters, 1859
  • Hylarana brevipalmata (Cope, 1874)
  • Pohlia palmipes (Spix, 1824)
  • Rana clamata subsp. guianensis Peters, 1863
  • Rana juninensis Tschudi, 1845
  • Rana copii Boulenger, 1882
  • Rana affinis Peters, 1859
  • Ranula nigrilatus Cope, 1874
  • Rana nigrilatus (Cope, 1874)

The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil.3 In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.1 It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye'kwana of southeastern Venezuela.4

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Lithobates palmipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T58689A85884413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58689A85884413.en. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  2. "Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. Barrio-Amorós, C. L. & C. Brewer-Carias (2008). "Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1942: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1942.1.1.
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