Smoky jungle frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the smoky jungle frog lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Leptodactylidae

Where does the smoky jungle frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the smoky jungle frog in 7 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Aragarças, Venezuela.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the smoky jungle frog endangered?

The smoky jungle frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the smoky jungle frog?

The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Leptodactylidae, genus Leptodactylus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the smoky jungle frog

The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

It is found in northern South America as well as parts of Central America. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and aquaculture ponds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Smoky jungle frog (revision 1370695294), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2136945 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).