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Santa Cruz dwarf frog

(Physalaemus soaresi)

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Description

Physalaemus soaresi is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to southeastern Brazil where it is only known from three localities in the Rio de Janeiro state,one of them lost to urbanization and habitat degradation.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Leptodactylidae
Genus:Physalaemus
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