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Rufous frog

Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799)

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus) is a species in the family Leptodactylidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 50 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus)
Photo: Axel Kwet · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the rufous frog

Weight
50 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 4.6 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
50 – 248src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
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 rufous frog?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the rufous frog

1 on record

  1. Lined ground snake Lygophis lineatus2 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/257164979
  • Ecology of an Anuran-Eating Guild of Terrestrial Tropical Snakes. 1983. Herpetologica 39(1): 52-66

Photos of the rufous frog

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Rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus)
Esteban Alzate · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the rufous frog live?

Not recorded

What is the rufous frog?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Leptodactylus fuscus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. Its local name in Brazil is rã-assobiadora (lit. 'whistling frog'). The English name rufous frog has been proposed by Frank & Ramus and is currently used by the IUCN. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Leptodactylus fuscus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leptodactylus_fuscus&oldid=1376465010), 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 rufous frog endangered?

The rufous 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 rufous frog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyLeptodactylidae
  6. genusLeptodactylus
  7. SpeciesLeptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799)

Synonyms Cystignathus fuscus, Cystignathus schomburgkii, Cystignathus sibilatrix, Leptodactylus gualambensis, Leptodactylus raniformis, Leptodactylus sibilator, Leptodactylus sibilatrix, Leptodactylus sybilator, Leptodactylus sybilatrix, Rana fusca, Rana sibilatrix, Rana virginica

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Bottle and spoon frogEnglish
  • Fuscous foam frogEnglish
  • Rufous white-lipped frogEnglish
  • Whistling grass frogEnglish
  • hvízdalka hnědáCzech
  • Brauner PfeiffroschGerman
  • Rotbrauner PfeiffroschGerman
  • Rana PicudaSpanish
  • Rana SilbadorSpanish
  • Leptodactyle galonnéFrench
  • Leptodactyle galonné (Le)French
  • Rã-assobiadoraPortuguese
  • Caçote-assobiadorPortuguese
  • Бурый свистунRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the rufous frog

Other species in the same genus Leptodactylus.

Crapaud

Leptodactylus fallax

LeptodactylidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern
Argus frog (Leptodactylus latrans)

Argus frog

Leptodactylus latrans

Leptodactylidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rufous frog?

An adult rufous frog weighs 50 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the rufous frog endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the rufous frog?

The rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus) belongs to the family Leptodactylidae in the order Anura.

What eats the rufous frog?

Animals recorded preying on the rufous frog include lined ground 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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BibTeX
@misc{rufous_frog_2026,
  title = {Rufous frog (Leptodactylus fuscus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rufous-frog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}