Pleurodema cordobae

[3] The current morphology and previous tectonic activities of the area have produced several endemic plant and animal species due to allopatric speciation.

[3] Two ponds in Los Linderos, Sierra de Comechingones had a total of 13 individuals of the species.

[4] Typical habitat is represented by temporary and semi-permanent ponds, at the high grassland, with vegetation at the edges and a depth of 20 to 30 cm.

[6] Pleurodema cordobae adults are relatively small in size and possess short snouts.

[5] This resemblance to the true eyes is the reason behind the common name “four-eyed frogs” for the Pleurodema genus.

[5] There is also a bright red-orange patch found on the frog's groin surrounding the lumbar glands.

[4] The oral disc of the tadpoles is anteroventral and laterally emarginated with either a single alternated or double row of marginal papillae.

[4] The spiracle tube of the P. cordobae tadpole is single, short, sinistral, lateral, and posterodorsally directed.

[4] Pleurodema cordobae tend to be similar in reproductive habits to P. kriegi and P. bibroni species, in that the males use a call to mate with the females.

Its range overlaps with Pampa de Achala Provincial Water Reserve and might extend into the Quebrada del Condorito National Park.

Sketch of an adult P. cordobae individual.
Dorsal, ventral, & lateral view sketches of a P. cordobae tadpole.