Pleurodema somuncurense
species of Amphibia
Pleurodema somuncurense (the Somuncura frog or El Rincon stream frog, in Spanish rana de Somuncura) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to the Somuncura Plateau in Patagonia, Argentina.
Description
Females range from 30 to 44 mm (1.2 to 1.7 in) in snout-vent length and males 28 to 35 mm (1.1 to 1.4 in). They are slender with fairly small head and large protruding, gold-coloured eyes. Fingers and toes are long and slender, with the toes being about one-third webbed. Eyes have two symmetrical rounded structures on the centre of the upper and lower border of the iris. The skin is smooth. Colouration is bright yellowish-brown on the upper surfaces of the head, body and legs. There are irregular dark spots across the back, and wavy dark reticulated lines on the sides of the body and backs of the thighs. There is a characteristic yellowish stripe that runs centrally down the top of the head and half of the back.
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