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Leptodactylus barrioi

Leptodactylus barrioi is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Leptodactylus barrioi rather than just read about it. In short: Leptodactylus barrioi is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Key takeaways

Leptodactylus barrioi belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Leptodactylus barrioi to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Leptodactylus barrioi from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Leptodactylus barrioi is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Habitat This frog is a habitat generalist. It lives in terrestrial microhabitats in savanna, closed-canopy forests, the edges of forests, marshland, both active and abandoned pasture, and cabruca, a specific type of shaded cacao farm. Scientists saw the frog between 20 and 625 meters above sea level.

Reproduction The frog deposits its eggs in a foam nest in a hole underground. Rainfall later washes the tadpoles into nearby permanent and temporary pools of water.

Threats The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. In some parts of its range, urbanization and the development of farmland pose some threat.

Original description Da Silva LA; FM Magalhães; H Thomassen; FSF Leite; AA Garda; RA Brandão; CFB Haddad; AA Giaretta; TR de Carvalho (2020). "Unraveling the species diversity and relationships in the Leptodactylus mystaceus complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with the description of three new Brazilian species". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4779: 151–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.1. hdl:11449/200443. PMID 33055785.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Leptodactylus barrioi

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Leptodactylus barrioi claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Leptodactylus barrioi before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Leptodactylus barrioi ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Leptodactylus barrioi

In research: Leptodactylus barrioi appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Leptodactylus barrioi in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Leptodactylus barrioi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Frog stubs, Frogs of South America, IUCN Red List least concern species, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Leptodactylus barrioi outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Leptodactylus barrioi in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Leptodactylus barrioi means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Leptodactylus barrioi in simple terms?

Leptodactylus barrioi is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Why does Leptodactylus barrioi matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Leptodactylus barrioi?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Leptodactylus barrioi.