Proceratophrys huntingtoni

Proceratophrys huntingtoni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Proceratophrys
Species:
P. huntingtoni
Binomial name
Proceratophrys huntingtoni
Ávila, Pansonato, and Strüssmann, 2012

Proceratophrys huntingtoni is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1][4]

Body

The adult male frog is 31.75–38.67 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 33.04–45.69 mm long.[4]

Name

Scientists named the frog for American scientist Herbert Huntington.[4]

Home

Scientists saw this frog in forests near streams in Cerrado places. This frog is awake at night. Scientists saw the frog between 250 and 750 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen the frog near Parque Nacional Da Chapada Dos Guimarães but scientists have not seen it inside the park.[1]

Young

This frog has young in streams that are only wet for part of the year. THe male frog sits next to the stream and calls to the female frogs. The tadpoles swim in the streams.[1]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in some danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make towns, farms, and places for animals to eat grass. Climate change can also hurt this frog because the frog needs temporary water to have young, and changes in rain might mean droughts when the frogs could not have tadpoles.[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 huntingtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T78575619A86255788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T78575619A86255788.en. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Proceratophrys huntingtoni Ávila, Pansonato, and Strüssmann, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  3. "Proceratophrys huntingtoni Ávila, Pansonato, and Strüssmann, 2012". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Avila RW; Pansonato A; Struessmann C (2012). "A new species of Proceratophrys (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from midwestern Brazil". J Herpetology (Full text). 46: 466–472. doi:10.2307/23327161. Retrieved September 21, 2025.