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Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, Rebecca Zarza, José Luis Cartes and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
RED-SPOTTED BURROW FROG Leptodactylus laticeps
A fantastically-coloured frog, his red blotches actually act as a warning of his unpalatability - aposematic colouration. A large species, he spends the day underground in vizcachera or rodent burrows and emerges at night to hunt smaller frogs. This species is confined to the driest areas of the Chaco.
FIGURE 1 - Adult, High Chaco (José Luis Cartes undated).
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