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Argus frog

Leptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815)

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans) is a species in the family Leptodactylidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 113.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans)
Photo: Cláudio D. Timm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the argus frog

Weight
113.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 12 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
arthropods, vertebratessrc for Main food
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
2,782 – 5,515src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

What eats the argus frog?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the argus frog

1 on record

  1. Yellow-bellied snake Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161618608
  • Ecology of an Anuran-Eating Guild of Terrestrial Tropical Snakes. 1983. Herpetologica 39(1): 52-66

Where does the argus frog live?

Not recorded

What is the argus frog?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Leptodactylus latrans is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is native to much of South America east of the Andes, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has many common names, including rana criolla, sapo-rana llanero, butter frog, argus frog, and lesser foam frog.

From the Wikipedia article “Leptodactylus latrans” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leptodactylus_latrans&oldid=1359160742), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the argus frog endangered?

The argus frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the argus frog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyLeptodactylidae
  6. genusLeptodactylus
  7. SpeciesLeptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815)

Synonyms Cystignathus caliginosus, Cystignathus pachypus, Leptodactylos latrans, Leptodactylus caliginosus, Leptodactylus ocellatus, Leptodactylus pachypus, Leptodactylus serialis, Rana gibbosa, Rana latrans, Rana macrocephala, Rana octoplicata, Rana pachybrachion, Rana pachypus, Rana pachypus pachypus

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Butter frogEnglish
  • Butter frogEnglish
  • Criolla frogEnglish
  • Lesser foam frogEnglish
  • South American spotted grass frogEnglish
  • South American spotted grassfrogEnglish
  • AugenpfeiferGerman
  • Rana CriollaSpanish
  • Sapo-rana LlaneroSpanish
  • Leptodactyle ocelléFrench
  • Rã-manteigaPortuguese
  • Глазчатый свистунRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the argus frog

Other species in the same genus Leptodactylus.

Crapaud

Leptodactylus fallax

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LC, Least Concern
Rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus)

Rufous frog

Leptodactylus fuscus

Leptodactylidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the argus frog?

An adult argus frog weighs 113.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the argus frog endangered?

The argus frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What does the argus frog eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods and vertebrates.

What kind of animal is the argus frog?

The argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans) belongs to the family Leptodactylidae in the order Anura.

What eats the argus frog?

Animals recorded preying on the argus frog include yellow-bellied snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/argus-frog

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BibTeX
@misc{argus_frog_2026,
  title = {Argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/argus-frog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}