Escuericito

Escuericito
Escuericito
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Odontophrynus
Species: O. lavillai
Binomial name
Odontophrynus lavillai
Cei, 1985

The Escuericito (Odontophrynus lavillai) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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