Pseudopaludicola restinga is a species of amphibian in the family Leptodactylidae, which is found in the coastal region of Espírito Santo, Brazil.

The species was described in the scientific journal PeerJ on May 16, 2018, by researchers Dario Cardozo, Diego Baldo, Nadya Pupin, João Luiz Gasparin, and Célio Haddad.

[2] The holotype, which was an adult male, was found on 17 February 2009 in the city of Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil, at an altitude of 2 meters from sea level.

More than 50 paratypes, including males, females and juveniles, were found and collected and observed in December 2017 in surrounding cities.

[2] There had already been reports of the species since 2011, when a scientific article that sought to list the amphibians of Espírito Santo (Frogs of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil - The need for looking at the 'coldspots'), treated it as a species affinis of Pseudopaludicola falcipes, being named by the authors of the article, Antonio de Padua Almeida, João Luiz Gasparini and Pedro Luiz Vieira Peloso, as Pseudopaludicola aff.

[2] Its specific epithet derives from the Portuguese word restinga, of uncertain origin, which designates a type of vegetation found near the coast that is used as habitat by the species.

[2] Currently, there are only reports of the species in six cities in Espírito Santo: Serra, Guarapari, Vitória, Presidente Kennedy, Vila Velha, and Itapemirim.

The restingas, which are composed of herbaceous and marshy vegetation, are suffering destruction from anthropic actions, caused mainly by economic expansions, such as the use of the site for the creation of ports and exploration of oil and natural gas, which may endanger the local fauna.