''Dendropsophus nanus'', commonly known as dwarf treefrog, is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

. It is found in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, Brazil,

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

, and Suriname. It is very common frog occurring in many habitat types and adapting well to anthropogenic disturbance. It inhabits herbaceous vegetation at the edge of standing water. Breeding takes place in temporary waterbodies. The diet of Argentinean ''Dendropsophus nanus'' was found to consist mostly of dipterans and

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s. During the cold periods, these frogs partly rely on their fat reserves, more so than

sympatric In biology, two closely related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter each other. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct spe ...

'' Hypsiboas pulchellus''.

References

nanus Nanus may refer to: * Nanus (beetle), ''Nanus'' (beetle), a genus of true weevils * Susan Nanus, the scriptwriter for the 1998 ''A Will of their Own'' romantic drama TV mini-series aired on the NBC network * Fort Nanus in Goa, India * one of the m ...

Amphibians of Argentina Amphibians of Bolivia Frogs of Brazil Amphibians of French Guiana Amphibians of Paraguay Amphibians of Suriname Amphibians of Uruguay Amphibians described in 1889 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dendropsophus-stub