Proceratophrys belzebul

Proceratophrys belzebul
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Proceratophrys
Species:
P. belzebul
Binomial name
Proceratophrys belzebul
Dias, Amaro, Carvahlo-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013

Proceratophrys belzebul is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Body

The adult male frog is 40.5-51.3 mm long from nose to rear end.[4]

Home

This frog only lives in forests. Scientists saw it in the dead leaves on the ground in forests that were never cut down and forests that are growing back. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.[1]

Most of the frog's home is in protected parks. It lives near Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar and may live in it.[1]

Young

The tadpoles live in streams.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Most of its home is in protected parks. In other places, human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms, tree farms, and places for animals to eat grass. People used to cut down trees to get wood, but this does not happen much now.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Proceratophrys belzebul". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T79115767A86254257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T79115767A86254257.en. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Proceratophrys belzebul Dias, Amaro, Carvahlo-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  3. "Proceratophrys belzebul Dias, Amaro, Carvahlo-e-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  4. Dias PHdS; Amaro RC; De Carvalho-E-Silva AMPT; Rodrigues MT (2013). "Two new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura: Odontophrynidae) from the Atlantic forest, with taxonomic remarks on the genus". Zootaxa (Abstract and figures). 3682: 277–304. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3682.2.5. Retrieved September 23, 2025.