stone frog

Thoropa saxatilis Crocroft & Heyer, 1988

Thoropa saxatilis is a frog endemic to southern Brazil, living in the Serra Geral between Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Inhabits rocky and wet walls of the Atlantic Forest. It is classified as vulnerable due to habitat loss, pollution and trampling.

A população de Thoropa saxatilis sofre com a perda e fragmentação de seu habitat. A construção de rodovias, o fluxo de pessoas e a poluição por agrotóxicos ameaçam cada vez mais essa rã.

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It's already night at the waterfall...

Visitors are gone...

From every crack and hole a frog comes out...

As if they sprouted from the stones...

The waterfall is soon taken,

by the real owners of the piece...

The stone frog survives the trampling of humans...

To the toxic poison thrown into the your water...

But for how long?