Adenomera engelsi, the Ilha de Santa Catarina tropical bullfrog, is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Habitat This frog lives in Atlantic forests biomes. It has been observed on leaf litter in primary and secondary forest. It has shown some tolerance to habitat disturbance. Scientists have seen it between above sea level.
Scientists have reported these frogs in protected places: Parque Estadual Serra do Tabuleiro, Monumento Natural Municipal da Lagoa do Peri, and Parque Municipal do Maciço da Costeira.
Reproduction This frog deposits its eggs in foam nests on the ground far from water. Scientists believe this frog breeds through direct development.
Threats The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. In some parts of its range, it is in some danger from habitat loss associated with agriculture and urbanization, but large swaths of forest remain, and the species is successful in forest fragments.
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