Adenomera coca

Adenomera coca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Adenomera
Species:
A. coca
Binomial name
Adenomera coca
(Angulo and Reichle, 2008)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptodactylus coca Angulo and Reichle, 2008

Adenomera coca is a frog. It lives in Bolivia.[2][3][1]

Habitat

This frog lives in open areas and near vegetation in rainforests. Scientists have seen this frog between 500 and 800 m (1,600 and 2,600 ft) meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen these frogs in a protected place, Parque Nacional Carrasco.[1]

Reproduction

The male frog calls to female frogs after heavy rain. This frog deposits its eggs underground in foam nests.[1]

Threats

The IUCN classifies this species as least concern of extinction. In some places, the pesticides used on coca may hurt this frog.[1]

Original description

  • Angulo A; Reichle S (2008). "Acoustic signals, species diagnosis, and species concepts: the case of a new cryptic species of Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Chapare region, Bolivia". Zool J Linn Soc (Abstract). 152 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00338.x. Retrieved February 4, 2026.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2020). "Adenomera coca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T164916A154106124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T164916A154106124.en. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Adenomera coca (Angulo and Reichle, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  3. ^ "Adenomera coca (Angulo & Reichle, 2008)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 4, 2026.