Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides
| Rio Grande Chirping Frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Eleutherodactylinae |
| Genus: | Eleutherodactylus |
| Subgenus: | Syrrhopus |
| Species: | E. cystignathoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides Cope, 1877 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phyllobates cystignathoides | |
The Rio Grande Chirping Frog or Mexican Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides) is a small Eleutherodactylid frog found from the southern United States in scattered locales in the state of Texas, Louisiana, and south into the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Veracruz. It is a terrestrial frog, that lays its eggs in moist areas of soil and leaf litter. It is quite common throughout its range.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides. |
- "Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
- Amphibian Species of the World: Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides
- ARMI Atlas: Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides
- AmphibiaWeb: Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides
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