Engystomops randi

Engystomops randi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Engystomops
Species:
E. randi
Binomial name
Engystomops randi
(Ron, Cannatella, and Coloma, 2004)
Synonyms
  • Physalaemus randi Ron, Cannatella, and Coloma, 2004
  • Engystomops randi Nascimento, Caramaschi, and Cruz, 2005

Rand's bully foam frog, Rand's dwarf frog, rana túngara de Rand, or sapito bullanguero de Rand (Engystomops randi) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador and Peru.

Body

The adult male frog is 17.10-18.65 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 17.34-19.73 mm. The skin of the frog's back is gray-brown in color with darker marks in the shape of the letter V. The skin between the eyes is brown in color. There is a white line on the mouth that goes under the mouth and eardrum. The eardrum is dark gray in color. The sides of the body are dark gray in color. The front legs are yellow-bronze in color with some darker marks. The belly is brown or cream-white in color with dark brown marks on the chest. The iris of the eye is dark brown in color.

Name

Scientists named the frog for Stanley Rand, who helped find many frog samples and helped in many studies.

Home

This frog lives in forests that are not far from the ocean. People also see them in places where animals eat grass, banana tree farms, and rice fields. It is good at living in places that human beings have changed. Scientists have seen it between 10 and 984 m (33 and 3,228 ft) above sea level. Scientists have seen the frog in protected places.

Scientists have seen the frogs in protected places: Bosque Deciduo de la Costa, Bosque Húmedo Tropical del Chocó, Reserva Ecológica Manglares-Churute, and Bosque Petrificado de Puyango.

Young

These frogs have young in ponds. They put the eggs in nests made out of bubbles. Scientists think the tadpoles swim in the water.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out.

First papers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. "Rand's Dwaft Frog: Engystomops randi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T57273A98655308. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57273A98655308.en. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Engystomops randi (Ron, Cannatella, and Coloma, 2004)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Morley Read; Santiago Ron; Gabriela Pazmiño-Armijos (September 26, 2022). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Engystomops randi (Ron, Cannatella, & Coloma, 2004)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 7, 2026.