Colombian Four-eyed Frog Pleurodema brachyops

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Pleurodema [genus] (1)

Pleurodema [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Klein Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Introduced (2) - Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Klein Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Curaçao
	Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Panama, North Colombia, Colombiaanse llanos, Venezuela, Guyana, Isla da Margarita, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire.

Notes on presence status	Introduced on Curacao (circa 1910) and Bonaire (circa 1928). Native to Aruba.

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Janse, J., Schotsmans, E., Yokoyama, M., Chaligour, J. & van Wagensveld, T.P. 2020. First Records of the Stout Four-eyed Frog, Pleurodema brachyops (Cope 1869) on St. Martin. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27(2). [link]