Adenomera albarena

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Adenomera albarena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Adenomera
Species:
A. albarena
Binomial name
Adenomera albarena
Martins, Mônico, Mendonça, Dantas, Souza, Hanken, Lima, and Ferrão, 2024

Adenomera albarena, the white-sand terrestrial nest-building frog, is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil and suspected in Colombia.[1][2][3]

The adult male frog measures 21.2–23.0 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 22.1–24.3 mm. The adult male frog has dark melanophoress on his throat. Each frog has mauve coloration on the throat and the undersides of the legs. Each frog has a dark stripe under each front leg. The frog's snout has brown and pale gray color with some sky blue near the lips. The tympanum is dark in color at the edge and buff in the middle. The skin of the dorsum is brown. There are white tubercules on the back nearer to the rear end. There is an orange stripe on part of the backbone.[3]

Etymology

Scientists named this frog albarena for two Latin words: alba for "white" and arena for "sand."[3]

Habitat

This frog only lives in places with white sand. Scientists found it near the West Negro River and Solimões River. Scientists have seen these frogs in a single protected place, Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve.[3]

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