Physalaemus cuvieri

Physalaemus cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Physalaemus
Species: P. cuvieri
Binomial name
Physalaemus cuvieri
Fitzinger, 1826
Synonyms

Gomphobates notatus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 "1861"
Paludicola neglecta Ahl, 1927

Physalaemus cuvieri is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, possibly Bolivia, possibly Guyana, possibly Uruguay, and possibly Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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