Savage's Thin-toed Frog
Leptodactylus savagei
- Range
- Eastern Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia adjacent to Panama; a seemingly disjunct population occurs near Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Recorded from near sea level to 660 m.
- Habitat
- Terrestrial frog found from near sea level to 660 m; males call from rain-produced puddles.
- Diet
- Larvae eat dead tadpoles of their own species.
Facts
- A male calls from a rain-made puddle. When a female approaches, he clasps her in axillary amplexus—a hold around the front of the body.
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