Pseudopaludicola giarettai is a frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Habitat This frog lives in Brazilian Cerrado biomes. Scientists have observed the frogs between above sea level.
Scientists have reported these frogs from one protected place: Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas.
Reproduction The male frog perches next to artificial ponds or slow, small streamlets with clear or muddy bottoms and calls to the female frogs, almost exclusively during the day, almost always associated with buriti palm (Mauritia flexuosa) marshes. The free-swimming tadpoles develop in water.
Threats The IUCN classifies this species as least concern. What threat the frog faces comes from habitat loss associated with agriculture, livestock cultivation, and urbanization. Specifically, many nearby farms use unsustainable practices that involve soil erosion and resulting sedimentation of the streams upon which the frog relies.
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