Physalaemus fischeri

Physalaemus fischeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Physalaemus
Species:
P. fischeri
Binomial name
Physalaemus fischeri
(Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Paludicola fischeri Boulenger, 1890
  • Physalaemus enesefae Heatwole, Solano, and Heatwole, 1965
  • Physalaemus fischeri Gorham, 1966
  • Physalaemus neglectus dunni Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • 'Physalaemus cuvieri dunni Harding, 1983

Heatwole's dwarf frog or Fischer's dwarf frog (Physalaemus fischeri) is a frog. It lives in Colombia and Venezuela.

Home

This frog is awake at night. It lives in grassy places, places with small, woody plants, and rainforests. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 800 m (0 and 2,625 ft) above sea level. Scientists have seen the frog in protected places.

Young

The male frogs sit near plants and call to the female frogs. These frogs have young in pools of water. The young hatch out of the eggs as tadpoles, not small froglets.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, it is in some danger from fires.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Physalaemus fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57256A85893001. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57256A85893001.en. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Physalaemus fischeri (Boulenger, 1890)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Physalaemus fischeri (Boulenger, 1890)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 25, 2026.