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Mexican White-Lipped Frog (Leptodactylus fragilis)species of least concern





Leptodactylus fragilis, known under many common names such as the Mexican white-lipped frog, American white-lipped frog or simply white-lipped frog, is a species of leptodactylid frog.

Description: Mexican white-lipped frogs are grey-brown in color with brown or black mottling. They have a distinctive white stripe along their upper lip which gives them their name. They grow to 1.2 to 2.0 inches in length.


Habitat: Inhabits humid lowland and montane forest, and is seen near marshes, ponds, and any temporary lentic body of water, common in open and disturbed sites. Also grasslands, cultivated fields, roadside ditches, and a wide variety of other habitats. Often hides under rocks or in burrows under clumps of grass.


Range: Its distribution ranges from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Colombia and Venezuela.


Found in these States: TX


Diet: Metamorphosed frogs probably eat various small terrestrial invertebrates. Larvae probably eat suspended matter, organic debris, algae, and plant tissue.


Reproduction: Lays eggs in foam nests whipped from body secretions; foamy masses may be placed in excavations made in ground by male. Larvae live in watery center of foam mass until rains allow them to swim into nearby pools.


Status: In Texas, populations reportedly are sparse but probably stable or extirpated.


Subspecies: None


Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Amphibia - Amphibians
         »» Order: Anura - Frogs & Toads
           »» Family: Leptodactylidae - White-Lipped Frogs
             »» Genus: Leptodactylus
               »» Species: Leptodactylus fragilis - Mexican White-Lipped Frog

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