Zapala Frog
Atelognathus praebasalticus
Atelognathus praebasalticus is a species of frog in the Batrachylidae family. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Range & habitat
This frog lives under rocks near streams and in humid ravines near lagoons, in steppes, and semi-desert. This frog needs bodies of water with rocky bottoms and considerable underwater vegetation. Scientists observed this frog between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
Scientists believe that this frog breeds by larval development and that the tadpoles swim in lagoons.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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Where it lives
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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 23166.