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Leptodactylus fallax (1)🐸

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SpeciesAnuraLeptodactylidae
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🐸Leptodactylus fallax

Leptodactylus fallax Müller, 1926

Vuorikanasammakko (Leptodactylus fallax) on Karibian Dominican länsiosissa ja Montserratin pohjoisosissa tavattava äärimmäisen uhanalainen sammakkolaji. Laji on suurikokoinnen ja se lukeutuu suurimpiin sammakoihin. Kokoa sillä voi olla 20 cm ja painoa 1 kg. Lajia hävitti 2000-luvun alussa Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis -sienen aiheuttama kytridiomykoosi. Sitä pidetään luonnosta kadonneena Montserratissa, mutta pieni kanta on säilynyt Dominicassa ja tarhaolosuhteissa. Aikanaan lajia metsästettiin runsaasti ja se tunnettiin aikanaan jopa kansallisruokana Dominicassa. Se esiintyy edelleen Dominican vaakunassa. Lajin nimi viittaa tarinasta riippuen joko sen ruokakäyttöön tai ääntelyyn.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Also called
Giant Ditch Frog, Mountain chicken, Mountain Chicken, Dominican white-lipped frog
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.17 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
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not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.17 m
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAmphibia
  4. ›orderAnura
  5. ›familyLeptodactylidae
  6. ›genusLeptodactylus
  7. ›speciesLeptodactylus fallax
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  1. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  2. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  3. familyLeptodactylidae
  4. subfamilyLeptodactylinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  9. superorderBatrachia
  10. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  11. suborderNeobatrachia
  12. familyLeptodactylidae
  13. subfamilyLeptodactylinae
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