Leptodactylus luctator
Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Leptodactylus luctator, the wrestler frog, is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. These frogs can survive in many types of habitats. They have been observed in savannahs, other grasslands, dry places, forests, edges of forests, ponds, lakes, and next to rivers. It is tolerant to some anthropogenic change, and people have seen it in gardens. Scientists observed the frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.
Scientists have reported the frog in many protected places. This frog is used for human food. The frog makes a nest out of bubbles for its eggs. The foam nest stays on the top of the water. After the tadpoles hatch, they exhibit schooling behavior. The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. In some parts of its range, some frogs might be in danger from habitat loss in from logging, fires, or agriculture. Wikipedia →
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Brazil · 2023
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Argentina · 2025
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Brazil · 2020
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wrestler Frog sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 124 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 13 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wrestler Frog in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wrestler Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Wrestler Frog sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Rosario (Argentina, about 20%) and Montevideo (Uruguay, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wrestler Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Buenos Aires (124 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
