Allobates tapajos

Allobates tapajos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. tapajos
Binomial name
Allobates tapajos
Lima, Simões, and Kaefer, 2014

Allobates tapajos is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Brazil and suspected in French Guiana and Suriname.

Description

The adult male frog averages 17.78 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 19.50 mm. The skin of the dorsum is dark and patterned, with three convenx marks, triangle and diamond. Most individuals have a diffuse stripe down each side of the body.

Habitat

This frog lives in forests near clearwater streams. Scientists observed the frog 132 meters above sea level.

Scientists have recorded the frog's presence in several protected places, including Parque Nacional da Amazonia, Reserva Extrativista Tapajós-Arapiuns, and Floresta Nacional do Tapajós.

Reproduction

The female frog lays eggs in a jelly nest that she puts on a rolled-up leaf. The rain falls onto the nest and dissolves the jelly to liquid. The tadpoles develop in the rainwater puddles.

The tadpoles have detectable papillae on their anterior areas.

Threats

The IUCN classifies this species as least concern of extinction and cites no specific threats.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Allobates tapajos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T89108896A139243510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T89108896A139243510.en. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates tapajos Lima, Simões, and Kaefer, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Allobates tapajos Lima, Simões, & Kaefer, 2015". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Lima AP; Simoes PI; Kaefer IL (2015). "A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) from Parque Nacional da Amazonia, Para State, Brazil". Zootaxa (Abstract). 3980 (3): 501–525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.2. PMID 25544274.