Alsodes verrucosus

Alsodes verrucosus
Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alsodidae
Genus: Alsodes
Species: A. verrucosus
Binomial name
Alsodes verrucosus
(Philippi, 1902)

Alsodes verrucosus (common name: olive spiny-chest frog) is a species of frog in the Alsodidae family. It is found in the Andes of Chile (Cautín and Puyehue) and Neuquén and Río Negro Provinces, Argentina.[2] These frogs inhabit temperate Nothofagus forests where they occur under logs and near damp areas. Tadpoles develop in cold, deep streams. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Núñez, H.; Veloso, A.; Núñez, J.; Formas, R.; Úbeda, C. & Lavilla, E. (2010). "Alsodes verrucosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Alsodes verrucosus (Philippi, 1902)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 June 2014.


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