About Pleurodema bufoninum Bell, 1843
Pleurodema bufoninum, commonly known as the large four-eyed frog, is a species of frog that belongs to the family Leptodactylidae. This species is native to Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats include subantarctic forests, temperate forests, subantarctic shrubland, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subantarctic grassland, temperate grassland, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, ponds, and open excavations. Its common name "four-eyed frog" comes from two poison glands located in its inguinal region that resemble eyes. When the frog feels threatened, it lowers its head and raises its rear. This posture lifts the poison glands up toward the predator, and the predator may mistake the frog's raised posterior for the head of a larger animal.
