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title: "Colombian Four-eyed Frog"
description: "Pleurodema brachyops — Anfibi. The Colombian four-eyed frog (Pleurodema brachyops; in Spanish: sapito lipon) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/colombian-four-eyed-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Colombian Four-eyed Frog

> Pleurodema brachyops — Anfibi. The Colombian four-eyed frog (Pleurodema brachyops; in Spanish: sapito lipon) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

- Scientific name: *Pleurodema brachyops*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 651
- Wikidata: [Q2274821](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2274821)
- iNaturalist taxon: [23218](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/23218)

## Names

- en: Colombian Four-eyed Frog
- es: Sapito Lipón
- fr: Pleurodème à quatre-yeux

## Countries with the most observations

CO (306), PA (103), VE (35), AW (16), CW (16), BR (13), GY (6)

## Summary

The Colombian four-eyed frog (Pleurodema brachyops; in Spanish: sapito lipon) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.
It is found in an area stretching from Guyana and northern Brazil (Roraima state) through Venezuela (including Isla Margarita) and Colombia into Panama as well as the Dutch Caribbean.

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

## Photo

![Colombian Four-eyed Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/colombian-four-eyed-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Shannon Jacobs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252701282

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/colombian-four-eyed-frog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).