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Amazon River Frog
Lucas Henrique Gomes de Almeida, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Frogs & toads

Amazon River Frog

Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAmazon River Frog
DutchRana palmipes
SpanishRana Verde Verdadera
Chinese—
Sranan Tongotodo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)

About this species

The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil. In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye'kwana of southeastern Venezuela.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyRanidae
GenusLithobates

In Suriname

16Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1975First record
2018Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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