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title: "Lesser Swimming Frog"
description: "Pseudis minuta — Amphibien. Pseudis minuta (common name: lesser swimming frog) is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/lesser-swimming-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Swimming Frog

> Pseudis minuta — Amphibien. Pseudis minuta (common name: lesser swimming frog) is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudis minuta*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 810
- Wikidata: [Q906713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24411](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24411)

## Names

- en: Lesser Swimming Frog
- es: Rana Boyadora

## Countries with the most observations

AR (442), UY (201), BR (98)

## Summary

Pseudis minuta (common name: lesser swimming frog) is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in northeastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, and is likely to be found in southern Paraguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudis_minuta

## Photo

![Lesser Swimming Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-swimming-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193256815

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-swimming-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).