Ischnocnema paulodutrai is a frog

Frog

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

 species

Species

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 in the family

Family (biology)

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 Leptodactylidae

Leptodactylidae

Leptodactylidae is a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cenozoic era, or possibly at the end of the Mesozoic. There are roughly 50 genera, one of which is Eleutherodactylus, the largest vertebrate genus, with over 700 species...

; it was formerly placed in the "wastebin genus" Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus is a genus of frogs in the Leptodactylidae family. It is typically described as the largest vertebrate genus on Earth, with over 700 species...

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It is endemic to Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is subtropical or tropical moist lowland (up to 130m above sea level) forest

Forest

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s. It is found in two Atlantic forest localities in southern Bahia and Alagoas.

It is not considered threatened (listed as "Least Concern") by the IUCN because of its wide distribution, tolerance of habitat modification, presumed large population, and the unlikelihood of imminent rapid decline.

The species has the English name Paulo's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 78).

Synonymy

Eleutherodactylus paulodutrai Bokermann, 1975 "1974", Rev. Brasil. Biol., 34: 15. Holotype: WCAB 47227 (now in MZUSP), by original designation. Type locality: "Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil".

Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) paulodutrai — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230.

Ischnocnema paulodutrai — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (Suppl. Inform.), 104: Table 2. Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 28.