Biology:Proceratophrys sanctaritae
| Proceratophrys sanctaritae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Odontophrynidae |
| Genus: | Proceratophrys |
| Species: | P. sanctaritae
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| Binomial name | |
| Proceratophrys sanctaritae Cruz and Napoli, 2010
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Proceratophrys sanctaritae is a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2][3][1]
Habitat
This frog has been found in the leaf litter in Atlantic forests, both in shallow streams and far from water. Scientists observed the frog between 560 and 960 meters above sea level.[2][1]
Scientists have observed the frog in a single protected park, Refúgio da Vida Silvestre de Amargosa, which contains the largest tract of forest remaining in the area.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this species as endangered. Its range has been subject to considerable deforestation in favor of logging, livestock grazing, and agriculture, principally small farms for non-native crops, such as bananas and cacao. The forest that remains is heavily fragmented and subject to the edge effect, which renders the habitat drier.[1]
Original description
- Cruz CAG; Napoli MF (2010). "A new species of smooth horned frog, genus Protoceratophrys Miranda-ribeiro (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae), from the Atlantic rainforest of eastern Bahia, Brazil.". Zootaxa 2660: 57–67.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Proceratophrys sanctaritae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T78575957A86255323.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/78575957/86255323. Retrieved September 16, 2025.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |id= identifier (help)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R.. "Proceratophrys sanctaritae Cruz and Napoli, 2010". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Odontophrynidae/Proceratophrys/Proceratophrys-sanctaritae.
- ↑ "Proceratophrys sanctaritae Cruz & Napoli, 2010". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7879.
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