Leptodactylus melanonotus
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| Leptodactylus melanonotus | |
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| In Oaxaca, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Leptodactylus |
| Species: | L. melanonotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodactylus melanonotus (Hallowell, 1861) | |
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Leptodactylus melanonotus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.[2][3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. Scientists observed the frog as high as 1300 meters above sea level.[2][1]
Scientists have observed the frog in many protected places: Meseta de Cacaxtla protected area, Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve,Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, El Veladero National Park, Lagunas de Chacahua National Parks, Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Laguna de Términos reserve, and Balaan Kaax reserve.[1]
