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title: "Smoky Jungle Frog"
description: "Leptodactylus pentadactylus — Anfíbios. The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/smoky-jungle-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smoky Jungle Frog

> Leptodactylus pentadactylus — Anfíbios. The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

- Scientific name: *Leptodactylus pentadactylus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 1610
- Wikidata: [Q2136945](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2136945)
- iNaturalist taxon: [22957](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/22957)

## Names

- en: Smoky Jungle Frog
- de: Südamerikanischer Ochsenfrosch
- es: Rana Ternero
- fr: Leptodactyle géant
- nl: Reuzenfluitkikker

## Countries with the most observations

EC (295), PE (284), GF (257), BR (176), CO (65), BO (17), SR (17), GY (3)

## Summary

The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. 
It is found in northern South America as well as parts of Central America. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and aquaculture ponds.

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

## Photo

![Smoky Jungle Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smoky-jungle-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291091112

## Machine access

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