Amazon River frog

The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil.^[2] In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.^[1] It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye’kwana of southeastern Venezuela.^[3]

Amazon River frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Lithobates
Species:	L. palmipes
Binomial name
Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)
Synonyms
Rana palmipes Spix, 1824 Rana affinis Peters, 1859 Ranula gollmerii Peters, 1859